13 occurrences

'Sharp' in the Bible

Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Verse ConceptsThreshingThings UnderMarshes

Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfFeetArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsSharp Tools

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Verse ConceptsTongueFalsehoodSpeaking, EvilSharpnessRazors

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsSymbolsArrows

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony

"Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw.

Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodMouthsQuiversShadowsSharpnessShadow Of GodGod Hiding PeopleSpeaking As From GodArrows

"As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor. Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsArts And Crafts, Types ofRazorsWeighingCutting HairDividing Into Three ThingsHairbalance

"'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Verse ConceptsBriersThorns

Bible Theasaurus

Abrupt (1 instance)
Acute (5 instances)
Agonizing (1 instance)
Astute (3 instances)
Barbed (5 instances)
Bristling (1 instance)
Consuming (46 instances)
Corroding (4 instances)
Cracked (8 instances)
Craggy (1 instance)
Crisp (1 instance)
Discriminating (4 instances)
Excruciating (1 instance)
Grating (11 instances)
Harsh (38 instances)
Penetrating (3 instances)
Piercing (13 instances)
Shrewd (23 instances)
Shrill (1 instance)

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