Military Arms
58 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
36 sections
- Armouries Built For
- Before Using: Anointed
- Before Using: Burnished
- Before Using: Tried and Proved
- Defensive: Buckler
- Defensive: Called Armour
- Defensive: Called Harness
- Defensive: Coat of Mail, Breastplate, Habergeon, or Brigandine
- Defensive: Girdle
- Defensive: Greaves
- Defensive: Helmet
- Defensive: Shield
- Defensive: Target
- Great Stores of, Prepared
- Hung of the Walls of Cities
- Inferior to Wisdom
- Judgments of God
- Made of Iron, Steel, or Brass
- Not Worn in Ordinary Times
- Offensive: Battle-Axe
- Offensive: Bow and Arrows
- Offensive: Called Instruments of Death
- Offensive: Called Instruments of War
- Offensive: Called Weapons of War
- Offensive: Dagger
- Offensive: Dart or Javelin
- Offensive: Hand Staff
- Offensive: Sling
- Offensive: Spear or Lance
- Offensive: Sword
- Offensive: Two-Edged Sword
- Often Given As Presents
- Part of, Borne by Armour-Bearers
- Put on at the First Alarm
- Spiritual Armour
- Spiritual Weapons
Armouries Built For
- 2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory— all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his …
- Song of Solomon 4:4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
Before Using: Anointed
- Isaiah 21:5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Before Using: Burnished
- Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
- Ezekiel 21:9–11 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished — …
- Ezekiel 21:28 Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
Before Using: Tried and Proved
- 1 Samuel 17:39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
Defensive: Buckler
- 1 Chronicles 5:18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors— valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
- Ezekiel 26:8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
Defensive: Called Armour
- Luke 11:22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
Defensive: Called Harness
- 1 Kings 22:34 However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
Defensive: Coat of Mail, Breastplate, Habergeon, or Brigandine
- 1 Samuel 17:5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
- 1 Samuel 17:38 Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
- Exodus 28:32 with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
- Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
- Revelation 9:9 They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
Defensive: Girdle
- 1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
- 2 Samuel 18:11 “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
Defensive: Greaves
- 1 Samuel 17:6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
Defensive: Helmet
- 1 Samuel 17:5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
- 1 Samuel 17:38 Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
Defensive: Shield
- 1 Kings 10:16–17 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. …
- 1 Kings 14:26–27 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. …
Defensive: Target
- 1 Samuel 17:6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
Great Stores of, Prepared
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of …
Hung of the Walls of Cities
- Ezekiel 27:10–11 Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor. …
Inferior to Wisdom
- Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Judgments of God
- Isaiah 13:5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
- Jeremiah 50:25 The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Made of Iron, Steel, or Brass
- Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- 1 Samuel 17:5–6 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, …
Not Worn in Ordinary Times
- 1 Samuel 21:8 Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
Offensive: Battle-Axe
- Ezekiel 26:9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
- Jeremiah 51:20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
Offensive: Bow and Arrows
- Genesis 48:22 And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
- 1 Kings 22:34 However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
Offensive: Called Instruments of Death
- Psalm 7:13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Offensive: Called Instruments of War
- 1 Chronicles 12:33 From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
- 1 Chronicles 12:37 And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
Offensive: Called Weapons of War
- 2 Samuel 1:27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
Offensive: Dagger
- Judges 3:16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
- Judges 3:21–22 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly. …
Offensive: Dart or Javelin
- 1 Samuel 18:10–11 The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear, …
- 2 Samuel 18:14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
Offensive: Hand Staff
- Matthew 26:47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Offensive: Sling
- 1 Samuel 17:50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
- 2 Kings 3:25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings …
Offensive: Spear or Lance
- 1 Samuel 26:7 That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
- Jeremiah 50:42 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
Offensive: Sword
- Judges 20:15 On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
- Ezekiel 32:27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once …
Offensive: Two-Edged Sword
- Psalm 149:6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
- Proverbs 5:4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Often Given As Presents
- 1 Kings 10:25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
Part of, Borne by Armour-Bearers
- Judges 9:54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
- 1 Samuel 14:1 One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
- 1 Samuel 16:21 When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
Put on at the First Alarm
- Isaiah 8:9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Jeremiah 46:3–4 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! …
Spiritual Armour
- Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- Ephesians 6:11–14 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. …
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
Spiritual Weapons
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.