Sword

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

…and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

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.

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.

And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

…between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.

…but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.

And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

…and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.

For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.

…and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

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, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

…the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

…then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

…then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

…to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

…in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!