The Bow

21 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

13 sections

(When Broken) the Overthrow of Power

1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
Jeremiah 49:35 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
Hosea 1:5 And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

Psalm 78:57 They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Hosea 7:16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

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.”
Isaiah 7:24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

Zechariah 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends …
Zechariah 10:4 The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

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.

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.

Ezekiel 39:3 Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

2 Chronicles 26:14 Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

Genesis 27:3 Take your weapons — your quiver and bow — and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

2 Samuel 1:18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

1 Samuel 31:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
Jeremiah 51:3 Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

Jeremiah 4:29 Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

2 Samuel 22:35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.