חֶ֫רֶב

‘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.

So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

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.”

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

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.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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.

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.

See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

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

…who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

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.

…there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

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.