Horns
24 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
14 sections
- (Bringing Down) of Degradation
- (Budding of) of the Commencement or Revival of a Nation
- (Cutting off) of Destruction of Power
- (Exalting) of Increase of Power and Glory
- (Pushing With) Conquests
- (Raising Up) Arrogance
- Animals With, Mentioned: The Goat
- Animals With, Mentioned: The Ox
- Animals With, Mentioned: The Ram
- Animals With, Mentioned: The Wild Ox
- Natural Weapons on Heads of Animals
- Representations of, Placed at the Four Corners of the Altars
- Tusks of the Elephant So Called
- Wearing of, Alluded To
(Bringing Down) of Degradation
- Job 16:15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
(Budding of) of the Commencement or Revival of a Nation
- Psalm 132:17 There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- Ezekiel 29:21 In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
(Cutting off) of Destruction of Power
- Psalm 75:10 “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
- Jeremiah 48:25 The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:3 In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
(Exalting) of Increase of Power and Glory
- 1 Samuel 2:1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- Psalm 89:17 For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
- Psalm 89:24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
- Psalm 92:10 But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
- Psalm 112:9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
(Pushing With) Conquests
- Deuteronomy 33:17 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- 1 Kings 22:11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
- Micah 4:13 Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
(Raising Up) Arrogance
- Psalm 75:4–5 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. …
Animals With, Mentioned: The Goat
- Daniel 8:5 As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
Animals With, Mentioned: The Ox
- Psalm 69:31 And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
Animals With, Mentioned: The Ram
- Genesis 22:13 Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Animals With, Mentioned: The Wild Ox
- Psalm 22:21 Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- Psalm 92:10 But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
Natural Weapons on Heads of Animals
- Daniel 7:20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell— the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Representations of, Placed at the Four Corners of the Altars
- Exodus 27:2 Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Exodus 30:2 It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
Tusks of the Elephant So Called
- Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
Wearing of, Alluded To
- Psalm 75:5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- Psalm 75:10 “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
Related topics
Horns of KingsHorns of Antichristian PowersHorns of Power of ChristHorns of Power of GodHorns of Power of the WickedHorns used offensively
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.