8 occurrences

'Bent' in the Bible

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThreateningsSharpening

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

Verse ConceptsPainStrength, HumanAttempting To KillAttacked By Evil

whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:

Verse ConceptsFlintArrows, Described AsHorsesWheelsWhirlwindsSharpnessSharp ToolsHardnessGod Dispensing WindArrows

For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Verse ConceptsHeatPeoples Who Fled

He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthTargets

And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him .

For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strengthenemies, of Israel and JudahArchers, Likened To God

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