The Sword
26 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
18 sections
- (Drawing of) of War and Destruction
- (Living By) of Rapine
- (Not Departing from One's House) of Perpetual Calamity
- (Putting, Into Its Sheath) Peace and Friendship
- Bright
- Carried in a Sheath or Scabbard
- Frequently had Two Edges
- Glittering
- Hebrews Early Acquainted with Making of
- Hurtful
- Often Sent As a Punishment
- Often Threatened As a Punishment
- Oppressive
- Probable Origin
- Sharp
- Sharpened and Furbished Before Going to War
- Suspended from the Girdle
- Those Slain By, Communicated Ceremonial Uncleanness
(Drawing of) of War and Destruction
- Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Ezekiel 21:3–5 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. …
(Living By) of Rapine
- Genesis 27:40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
(Not Departing from One's House) of Perpetual Calamity
- 2 Samuel 12:10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
(Putting, Into Its Sheath) Peace and Friendship
- Jeremiah 47:6 ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
Bright
- Nahum 3:3 Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—
Carried in a Sheath or Scabbard
- 1 Chronicles 21:27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
- Jeremiah 47:6 ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
- Ezekiel 21:3–5 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. …
Frequently had Two Edges
- Psalm 149:6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Glittering
- Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Job 20:25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
Hebrews Early Acquainted with Making of
- 1 Samuel 13:19 And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
Hurtful
- Psalm 144:10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
Often Sent As a Punishment
- Ezra 9:7 From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, …
- Psalm 78:62 He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
Often Threatened As a Punishment
- Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
Oppressive
- Jeremiah 46:16 They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
Probable Origin
- Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Sharp
- Psalm 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Sharpened and Furbished Before Going to War
- Psalm 7:12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Ezekiel 21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished —
Suspended from the Girdle
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 20:8 And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
- Nehemiah 4:18 And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.
- Psalm 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
Those Slain By, Communicated Ceremonial Uncleanness
- Numbers 19:16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Related topics
Girdles used for Suspending the Sword
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.