59 Bible Verses about Horses

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Exodus 15:1

Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah: I will sing to Jehovah, because he has won a glorious victory. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

Joshua 11:4

They came out with all their troops and many horses and chariots. Their army was more numerous than the sand of the seashore.

2 Kings 6:14-15

He sent a large force there with horses and chariots. They surrounded the town at night. Early the next morning Elisha's servant got up and went out of the house. He saw the Syrian troops with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. He went to Elisha and said: Alas my master what shall we do?

Exodus 14:9

The king's horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon.

Deuteronomy 11:4

And what He did to Egypt's army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea engulf them while they pursued. Jehovah completely destroyed them!

Isaiah 43:16-17

Jehovah makes a path through the sea and a road through the strong currents. He leads chariots and horses, an army and reinforcements. They lie down together and do not get up again. They are extinguished and snuffed out like a wick. This is what Jehovah says:

1 Kings 20:1

King Benhadad of Syria mustered his entire army, accompanied by thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots, he laid siege on Samaria, and launched attacks against it.

Psalm 76:6

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharpened. All their bows are strung and ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint. Their chariot wheels are as quick as the wind.

Jeremiah 4:13

The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!

Jeremiah 46:9

Go into battle, you horsemen. Drive wildly, you chariot drivers. March into battle, you warriors, you warriors from Sudan and Put who carry shields, you warriors from Lydia who use bows and arrows.

Jeremiah 51:21

I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.

Ezekiel 38:4

I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws. I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat.

Joshua 11:6

Jehovah said to Joshua: Do not be afraid because of them! About this time tomorrow I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You must hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

Joshua 11:9

Joshua did to them what Jehovah told him to do. He hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

2 Samuel 8:4

David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled (hamstrung) all the rest.

1 Chronicles 18:4

David took one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but one hundred of their horses so that they could not pull chariots.

Micah 5:10

It will happen, said Jehovah: I will remove and destroy your horses and your chariots from among you.

Deuteronomy 17:16

He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.

1 Samuel 8:11

Samuel said: These are the rights of a king: He will draft your sons and make them serve on his chariots and horses, and make them run ahead of his chariots.

2 Samuel 15:1

Absalom provided a chariot and horses for himself. He had an escort of fifty men to run ahead of him.

Jeremiah 22:4

If you do what I say, then the kings who sit on David's throne will ride through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses along with their officials and their people.'

Genesis 47:17

They brought their livestock to Joseph. He gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

1 Kings 4:26

Solomon had forty thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand cavalry horses.

1 Kings 9:19

the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.

1 Kings 10:25-26

Everyone took presents such as vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year. Solomon gathered war-carriages and horsemen. He had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:14

Solomon assembled a force of fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand cavalry horses. Some of them he kept in Jerusalem. The rest he stationed in various other cities.

2 Chronicles 9:28

Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other countries.

Isaiah 2:7

Their land is full of silver and gold. There is no limit to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses. There is no limit to their chariots.

2 Kings 5:9

Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the entrance to Elisha's house.

2 Kings 14:20

They took his body on horseback and buried him with his fathers in Jerusalem, the town of David.

2 Chronicles 25:28

They brought him back by horse and buried him in the city of Judah with his ancestors.

Isaiah 21:7

When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, a train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention.

Isaiah 66:20

They will bring all your brothers from every nation like a grain offering to Jehovah. They will come on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules and camels to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, declares Jehovah. They will come like the people of Israel who bring their grain offerings in clean dishes to Jehovah's temple.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.

2 Kings 19:28

Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.

Job 41:13

Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

Isaiah 30:28

His breath is like an overflowing stream. It raises neck high and sifts the nations with a sieve of destruction. It places a bit in the mouths of the people to lead them astray.

Isaiah 37:29

For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.

Revelation 14:20

The winepress was trampled outside the city. Blood came out of the winepress as high up as the horse bridles for a distance of one hundred and eighty miles.

James 3:2-3

We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole body. We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies.

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha became ill with the disease that caused his death. Jehoash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!

Isaiah 28:28

Bread flour must be ground. Therefore he does not thresh it forever, break it with his cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen.

Joel 2:4

Their appearance is like the appearance of horses. They run like horsemen into war.

Zechariah 1:6-8

I commanded my servants the prophets to obey my words and my statutes. They disregarded them and suffered greatly. Then they repented and admitted that I, Jehovah of Hosts, corrected them as they deserved according to their deeds.' In the second year that Darius was king, on the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), Jehovah gave me a message in a vision at night. He said: I had a vision in the night. I saw someone riding a red horse. He stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses, red, speckled, and white.

Revelation 6:1-8

I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the living creatures speak with a voice like thunder. He said: Come! I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him and he conquered. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say: Come!read more.
Another horse that was red went out: and power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth. He was given a great sword so that men could kill one another. When he opened the third seal I heard the third beast say: Come! I saw a black horse; and he who sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say: A measure (quart: U.S. dry). of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see that you do not hurt the oil and the wine. When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say: Come! I looked, and there was a pale horse. The name of the one who sat on him was Death. The grave followed him. Power was given to them over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with pestilence, and with the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 9:17

I saw the horses and riders in the vision. Their breastplates were bright red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. Their mouths issued fire, smoke, and brimstone.

2 Kings 2:11

They kept talking as they walked. Then suddenly a chariot of fire pulled by horses of fire came between them. Elijah was taken up into the physical heaven (the sky) by a whirlwind.

2 Kings 6:17

Elisha prayed: O Jehovah, open his eyes that he may see. Jehovah answered his prayer. Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 7:6

Jehovah made the Syrians hear what sounded like the advance of a large army with horses and chariots. The Syrians thought that the king of Israel had hired Hittite and Egyptian kings and their armies to attack them.

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Agriculture or husbandry » Beasts used in » Horses

Isaiah 28:28

Bread flour must be ground. Therefore he does not thresh it forever, break it with his cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen.

Animals » Names of » Horses

Deuteronomy 17:16

He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.

2 Kings 23:11

He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the worship of the sun. He burned the chariots used in this worship.

Job 39:19

Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

Psalm 32:9

Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.

More verses: Psalm 33:17

Chariots » Drawn by » Horses

2 Kings 10:2

You are in charge of the king's descendants, and you have at your disposal chariots, horses, weapons, and fortified cities. As soon as you receive this letter,

Song of Songs 1:9

I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Commerce » Articles of » Horses

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans

1 Kings 10:29

A war-carriage might be obtained from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

Ezekiel 27:14

Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » White

Zechariah 1:8

He said: I had a vision in the night. I saw someone riding a red horse. He stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses, red, speckled, and white.

Zechariah 6:3

and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Red

Zechariah 1:8

He said: I had a vision in the night. I saw someone riding a red horse. He stopped among some myrtle trees in a valley, and behind him were other horses, red, speckled, and white.

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

Revelation 6:4

Another horse that was red went out: and power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth. He was given a great sword so that men could kill one another.

Horses » Described as » Swift

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat.

Isaiah 30:16

You have said: No, we will flee on horses. So you flee. You added: We will ride on fast horses. So those who chase you will also be fast.

Jeremiah 4:13

The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!

Horses » Illustrative of » Beauty of the church

Song of Songs 1:9

I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Zechariah 10:3

I am angry with the shepherds! I will punish the male goats. Jehovah of Hosts visited his flock, the house of Judah. He will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.

Horses » Sold in fairs and markets

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans

Ezekiel 27:14

Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares.

Horses » Numbers of, kept for war

Jeremiah 51:27

Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

Ezekiel 26:10

Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Grisled

Zechariah 6:3

and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.

Zechariah 6:6

The chariot with the black horses goes toward the North Country. The white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the South Country.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Black

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

Zechariah 6:6

The chariot with the black horses goes toward the North Country. The white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the South Country.

Horses » Colors of, mentioned » Bay

Zechariah 6:3

and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.

Zechariah 6:7

The strong ones went forth, and sought to go that they might inspect the earth. He said: Go inspect the earth. Search back and forth through out the earth. So they inspected the earth. They searched back and forth through out the earth.

Horses » Used for » Conveying posts, &c

Esther 8:10

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

2 Kings 9:17-19

The watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his company coming. He said: I see a company of people. Joram said: Send out a horseman to them and let him ask: 'Do you come in peace?' So a horseman went out to them and said: The king asks: 'Do you come in peace? ' Jehu said: What have you to do with peace? Follow me. The watchman reported that the horseman reached the group and was returning. A second man was sent out on horseback. He approached them and asked the same thing: Do you come in peace? Jehu replied: What have you to do with peace? Follow me.

Horses » Kings and princes rode on

Ezekiel 23:23

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

Esther 6:8-11

Let them take the robes that the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown that is on his head: And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honoring. Let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him. So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honoring. Then the king said to Haman: Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's gate. See that you do everything as you have said. read more.
Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him: So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honoring.

Horses » Often suffered » In battle

Jeremiah 51:21

I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.

Horses » Used for » Mounting calvary

Exodus 14:9

The king's horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines assembled to fight Israel. They had thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and as many soldiers as the sand on the seashore. They camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

Horses » Fed on grain and herbs

1 Kings 18:5

Ahab said to Obadiah: Come! Let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers. Let us see if there is any grass for the horses and the transport beasts. We must save some of the livestock.

1 Kings 4:23

Also needed were ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fowl (cuckoo).

Horses » Described as » Strong

Horses » The jews » Condemned for trusting to

Isaiah 30:16

You have said: No, we will flee on horses. So you flee. You added: We will ride on fast horses. So those who chase you will also be fast.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together.

Horses » Used for » Drawing chariots

Micah 1:13

Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O lady inhabitant of Lachish! You were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion. The transgressions of Israel were found in you.

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

Horses » Used for » Bearing burdens

Ezra 2:66

They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts.

Nehemiah 7:68

They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts.

Horses » Loud snorting of, alluded to

Jeremiah 8:16

From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses. At the sound of the neighing of his stallions the whole land quakes. For they come and devour the land and its fullness, the city and its inhabitants.

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

Horses » Described as » Warlike in disposition

Job 39:21

It paws in strength and finds joy in its power. It charges into battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

I paid attention and listened, but they were not honest. They do not turn away from their wickedness. They do not ask: 'What have we done?' They go their own ways like horses charging into battle.'

Horses » Vanity of trusting to

Amos 2:15

The archer will not stand. The swift of foot will not save himself. The horseman will not deliver himself.

Horses » Governed by bit and bridle

Psalm 32:9

Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.

James 3:3

We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies.

Horses » Described as » Fierce and impetuous

Job 39:21

It paws in strength and finds joy in its power. It charges into battle.

Job 39:24

Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and does not trust the sound of the ram's horn.

Horses » Described as » Fearless

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

Job 39:22

It laughs at fear, is afraid of nothing, and does not back away from swords.

Inscriptions » Holiness » to the lord » Engraved » Horses » Bells

Zechariah 14:20

In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.

Kings » Forbidden to multiply » Horses

Deuteronomy 17:16

He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.

Protection » Not to be found in » Horses

Topics on Horses

Acquiring Horses

Deuteronomy 17:16

He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.

Riding Horses

Nahum 3:3

The horseman is mounting. There is the flashing sword and the glittering spear! The multitudes of slain ones produce a great heap of corpses. There is no end of the bodies! They stumble upon their bodies.

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