37 Bible Verses about Swords
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Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Joshua then turned back, and captured Hazor. He killed the king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. They killed all the people there with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them. None were left alive. He burned Hazor with fire. Joshua took all the cities and all the kings and struck them with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them. Just as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.
The boundary of the children of Dan went too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, put it to the sword and occupied it. They lived there and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Not including the tribe of Benjamin, the well-trained soldiers of Israel numbered four hundred thousand.
Joab told David: In Israel there is eight hundred thousand who can serve in the army. In Judah there are five hundred thousand.
Eleazar was the exception. He killed Philistines until his hand was cramped. He could not let go of his sword. When Eleazar finished, all the Israelite troops had to do was come back and take the enemies' weapons and armor. Jehovah gave Israel a great victory that day.
David asked Ahimelech: Do you have a spear or a sword here? I did not take either my spear or any other weapon because the king's business was urgent. The high priest answered: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Elah Valley, is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the priestly ephod. Take it if you want. There is no other weapon here. David said: There is none like it. Let me have the sword.
he stood in the middle of the field and defended it by killing Philistines. So Jehovah won an impressive victory.
David asked: Why were you not afraid to take it upon yourself to destroy Jehovah's (YHWH) anointed king? David called one of the young men and said: Execute him! So he struck him and he died. David said to him: Your blood is on your head. Your mouth has testified against you. For you admit that you killed Jehovah's anointed.
But Samuel said: As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women. Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of Jehovah at Gilgal.
He ran to him and stood over him. David took Goliath's sword out of its sheath and cut off his head to kill him. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead they ran away.
The king said to Doeg: You turn around and attack the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. He also killed the people of Nob, the city of the priests. Using his sword, he killed men and women, children and infants, cows, donkeys, and sheep.
King Ahab told his wife Jezebel everything Elijah had done. He told how he put all the prophets of Baal to death.
While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, Adrammelech and Sharezer assassinated him. They escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king.
They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
So Benaiah went to the Tent of Jehovah's presence and killed Joab. He was buried at his home in the wilderness.
He said to the young man carrying his weapons: Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me. But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul. That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul's men died that day.
Saul said to his armor-bearer: Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
The jailor, who was roused out of sleep and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Balaam got up in the morning and saddled his donkey and left with the Moabite princes. God became angry that he was going. So the angel of Jehovah stood in the road to stop him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, accompanied by his two servants. The donkey saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the road with his sword drawn. The donkey turned off the road into a field. Balaam hit the donkey to get it back on the road.
You are blessed O Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Jehovah? He is the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you and you will tread upon their high places.
I will give you peace in your land. You can sleep without being afraid of anyone. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in the land. And there will be no more war there. You will be victorious over your enemies. Five of you will be able to defeat a hundred, and a hundred will be able to defeat ten thousand.
The Lord Jehovah says: 'You will face the sword of the king of Babylon. I will cut down your people with the swords of warriors. All of them will be the most ruthless warriors among the nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt and destroy its many people.
They will rule the land of Assyria and the entrances to the land of Nimrod with the sword. When he comes to our land and treads inside our borders he will deliver us from the Assyrian.
Then they said: The God of the Hebrews met with us. Please, let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness. Then we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Otherwise he will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.
Do not think I came to bring peace on the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
They believed that whenever this land is struck by war, judgement, disease, or famine, your people can pray to you at the Temple. You will hear their prayer and save them.
If one does not repent God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow.
Then Assyrians will be killed with a sword not made by human hands. The swords not made by human hands will destroy them. They will flee from battle, and their young men will be made to do forced labor.
A sword will kill the Babylonians and everyone who lives in Babylon, declares Jehovah. A sword will kill their officials and their wise men. A sword will kill the false prophets. They will become fools. A sword will kill their soldiers and defeat them. A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.
Are you afraid of swords? I will bring soldiers with swords to attack you,' is the utterance of Jehovah. I will take you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments against you. You will be killed in battle in your own country. I will judge you on the border of Israel. Then everyone will know that I am Jehovah.
Tell the land of Israel: 'This is what Jehovah says: I am against you. I will take my sword out of its sheath and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you.
Son of man, speak to your people. Tell them: 'Suppose I bring war on this country and the people of this country choose one of their men and make him their watchman.
To the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:
From Thematic Bible
Judgments » Different kinds of » Swords
and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth.
Swords » Figurative » Of judgments
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones.
I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on justice! I will render vengeance on my adversaries. I will repay those who hate me.
Arise, O Jehovah and confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from the wicked.
Swords will flash in their cities, destroy the bars of their gates, and put an end to their plans.
Swords » Symbolical
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, there stood a man in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said: Are you on our side or our adversaries?
Swords » Two-edged
To the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:
The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)
In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.
Swords » used by » Peter
Simon Peter drew the sword he had, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
Look, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, drew his sword, and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest.
Swords » Figurative » Of the malicious tongue
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Swords » To be beaten into plowshares
Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle matters between many people. They will beat (hammer) their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other, and they will not learn war anymore.
He will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations far away. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks! Nation will not lift up sword against nation and they will not learn war any more!
Swords » Figurative » Of war
You will live by your sword. You will serve your brother. Soon you will become restless and break his yoke from your neck.
Swords » used by » Goliath
The high priest answered: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Elah Valley, is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the priestly ephod. Take it if you want. There is no other weapon here. David said: There is none like it. Let me have the sword.
Swords » David's army equipped with
He reported to King David the total number of men capable of military service. There were one million one hundred thousand in Israel and four hundred seventy thousand in Judah.
Swords » Made of plowshares
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, I am strong.
Swords » used by » gideon
The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the jars, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands. Then they cried: The sword of Jehovah, and of Gideon!
Swords » Suspended from the girdle
Every builder was working with his sword at his side. By my side was a man for sounding the warning horn.
David strapped Saul's sword over the armor and tried to walk. But he could not walk. I cannot fight with all this, he said to Saul. I am not used to it. So he took it all off.
Amasa met them at the large rock in Gibeon. Joab wore a military uniform. He strapped a sword in a scabbard at his hip. He stepped forward and the sword dropped into his hand.
Swords » Carried in a sheath or scabbard
You cry out: Sword of Jehovah, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your sheath. Stay there and rest!
Tell the land of Israel: 'This is what Jehovah says: I am against you. I will take my sword out of its sheath and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you. I am going to kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you. That is why my sword will come out of its sheath to be used against everyone from the south to the north. Then everyone will know that I, Jehovah, have taken my sword from its sheath, and I will not put it back again.'
Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
What if I bring a war against that country by saying I will let a war go throughout this country. And then I destroy the people and the animals in it.
You should burn one-third of the hair in the fire at the center of the city when the siege is over. Take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city. The remaining one third you shall scatter to the wind. I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
Son of man, prophecy and say, 'this is what Jehovah says: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished!
Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones.
I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on justice! I will render vengeance on my adversaries. I will repay those who hate me.
Swords » Often threatened as a punishment
I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.
I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise you rejected. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy.
Swords » Illustrative » (drawing of,) of war and destruction
I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.
Tell the land of Israel: 'This is what Jehovah says: I am against you. I will take my sword out of its sheath and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you. I am going to kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you. That is why my sword will come out of its sheath to be used against everyone from the south to the north. Then everyone will know that I, Jehovah, have taken my sword from its sheath, and I will not put it back again.'
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
He made my tongue like a sharp sword. He hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver.
In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the shinning sun in full strength.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of God
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)
Swords » Described as » Glittering
I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on justice! I will render vengeance on my adversaries. I will repay those who hate me.
He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him.
Swords » Was used » By the patriarchs
I am giving you one more mountain ridge than your brothers. I took it from the Amorites with my own sword and bow.
Three days later the men who had been circumcised were still weak from pain. So Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, attacked with their swords and killed every man in town.
Swords » Was used » By heathen nations
The three hundred blew the trumpets. Jehovah set every man's sword against his companions. They turned on each other throughout all the army. The army fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, to Tabbath.
But Samuel said: As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women. Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of Jehovah at Gilgal.
Swords » Was used » For destruction of enemies
Israel defeated them in battle and took possession of their land from the Arnon Valley to the Jabbok River. They stopped at the border of the Ammon because it was fortified.
They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Swords » Was used » By the jews
Joab told David: In Israel there is eight hundred thousand who can serve in the army. In Judah there are five hundred thousand.
The leaders of all the tribes of Israel were present at this gathering of God's people. There were four hundred thousand foot soldiers.
Swords » Was used » For punishing criminals
But Samuel said: As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women. Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of Jehovah at Gilgal.
Swords » Sharpened and furbished before going to war
If one does not repent God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow.
Son of man, prophecy and say, 'this is what Jehovah says: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished!
Swords » In time of peace made into plowshares
Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle matters between many people. They will beat (hammer) their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other, and they will not learn war anymore.
He will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations far away. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks! Nation will not lift up sword against nation and they will not learn war any more!
Swords » Often sent as a punishment
From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners. Because of our sins, the kings of the lands captured us. We were given to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.
He let swords kill his people. He was furious with those who belonged to him.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
You are blessed O Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Jehovah? He is the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you and you will tread upon their high places.
Swords » Was used » Sometimes for self-destruction
He said to the young man carrying his weapons: Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me. But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul.
Swords » Illustrative » (not departing from one's house,) of perpetual calamity
In every generation some of your descendants will die a violent death because you have disobeyed me and have taken Uriah's wife.
Swords » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Swords » Described as » Oppressive
They have repeatedly stumbled and now they have fallen. They say to each other: 'Get up! Let us go back to our people, to the land where we were born and escape our enemy's sword.'
Swords » Hebrews early acquainted with making of
No blacksmith could be found in all of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.
Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
You cry out: Sword of Jehovah, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your sheath. Stay there and rest!
Swords » Illustrative » (living by,) of rapine
You will live by your sword. You will serve your brother. Soon you will become restless and break his yoke from your neck.
Swords » Illustrative » Of war and contention
Do not think I came to bring peace on the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
Swords » Those slain by, communicated ceremonial uncleanness
Whoever is outdoors and touches someone who was killed or has died naturally or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave will be unclean for seven days.
Swords » Was one of God's four sore judgments
This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I will surely send four terrible punishments against Jerusalem. I will send wars, famines, wild animals, and plagues. They will destroy people and animals.
Swords » Was brandished over the head
I will make many peoples astonished at you. Their kings will be dreadfully afraid of you when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.'
Swords » Was thrust through enemies
They will incite a crowd against you and they will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
Swords » Was pointed
that their hearts may melt (lose their courage), and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning. It is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
Swords » Described as » Hurtful
You give salvation to kings. You rescue David your servant from the evil sword.
Swords » Probable origin
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Swords » Illustrative » Of persecuting spirit of the wicked
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.
Swords » Illustrative » Of judicial authority
He is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid for he does not bear the sword in vain. He is the minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Arise, O Jehovah and confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from the wicked.
Swords » Frequently had two edges
Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands
Swords » Described as » Sharp
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
Swords » Was used » For self-defence
Now he said: Take your purse and wallet. If you do not have a sword sell your cloak and buy one.
Swords » Illustrative » Of deep mental affliction
A sword will pierce through your mind that the thoughts of many hearts will be disclosed.
Swords » Described as » Bright
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.
Swords » In time of war, plowshares made into
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, I am strong.
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