Shields
32 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- A Disgrace to Lose, or Throw Away
- A Part of Defensive Armour
- Before War: Anointed
- Before War: Gathered Together
- Before War: Often Made Red
- Before War: Repaired
- Before War: Uncovered
- Faith
- Favour of God
- Frequently Made of, or Covered With: Brass
- Frequently Made of, or Covered With: Gold
- Kinds of Often Borne by an Armour Bearer
- Kinds of The Buckler or Target
- Kinds of The Small Shield
- Many of the Israelites Used, with Expertness
- Protection of God
- Provided by the Kings of Israel in Great Abundance
- Said to Belong to God
- Salvation of God
- Truth of God
A Disgrace to Lose, or Throw Away
- 2 Samuel 1:21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
A Part of Defensive Armour
- Psalm 115:9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
- Psalm 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
Before War: Anointed
- 2 Samuel 1:21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
- Isaiah 21:5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Before War: Gathered Together
- 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.
Before War: Often Made Red
- Nahum 2:3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Before War: Repaired
- Jeremiah 46:3 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
Before War: Uncovered
- Isaiah 22:6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
Faith
- Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Favour of God
- Psalm 5:12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Frequently Made of, or Covered With: Brass
- 1 Kings 14:27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Frequently Made of, or Covered With: Gold
- 2 Samuel 8:7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Kinds of Often Borne by an Armour Bearer
- 1 Samuel 17:7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
Kinds of The Buckler or Target
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
- 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.
Kinds of The Small Shield
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
Many of the Israelites Used, with Expertness
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles …
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found …
Protection of God
- Genesis 15:1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Psalm 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Provided by the Kings of Israel in Great Abundance
- 2 Chronicles 11:12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
- 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 …
Said to Belong to God
- Psalm 47:9 The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Salvation of God
- 2 Samuel 22:36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- Psalm 18:35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Truth of God
- Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
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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.