Arrows
21 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- (Broken), of Destruction of Power
- (Falling from the Hand), of the Paralysing Power
- Bright and Polished
- Called Shafts
- Carried in a Quiver
- Deadly and Destructive Weapons
- Discharged with Great Force
- Discharged: Against Enemies
- Discharged: At a Mark for Amusement
- Discharged: At the Beasts of the Earth
- Discharged: from a Bow
- Discharged: from Engines
- Fleetness of, Alluded To
- Sharp
- Sometimes Poisoned
- The Ancients Divined By
(Broken), of Destruction of Power
- Psalm 76:3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
(Falling from the Hand), of the Paralysing Power
- Ezekiel 39:3 Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
Bright and Polished
- Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
- Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD — vengeance for His temple.
Called Shafts
- Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
Carried in a Quiver
- Genesis 27:3 Take your weapons — your quiver and bow — and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
- Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
- Jeremiah 5:16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
- Lamentations 3:13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
Deadly and Destructive Weapons
- Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Discharged with Great Force
- Numbers 24:8 God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- 2 Kings 9:24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
Discharged: Against Enemies
- 2 Kings 19:32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- Jeremiah 50:14 Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
Discharged: At a Mark for Amusement
- 1 Samuel 20:20–22 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target. …
Discharged: At the Beasts of the Earth
- Genesis 27:3 Take your weapons — your quiver and bow — and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
Discharged: from a Bow
- Psalm 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- Isaiah 7:24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
Discharged: from Engines
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
Fleetness of, Alluded To
- Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
Sharp
- Psalm 120:4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
Sometimes Poisoned
- Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
The Ancients Divined By
- Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
Related topics
Arrows of God's JudgmentArrows of LightningsArrows of Severe AfflictionsArrows of Bitter WordsArrows of ChristArrows of Devices of the Wicked
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.