His Sword

• Sword

And by thy Sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break His yoke from off thy neck.

• Revenge

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man His Sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

And they slew Hamor and Shechem His son with the edge of the Sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

• Israelites
• Murmuring
• Uncharitableness

And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of His servants, to put a Sword in their hand to slay us.

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and His people with the edge of the Sword.

And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man His Sword by His side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man His brother, and every man His companion, and every man His neighbour.

And Israel smote him with the edge of the Sword, and possessed His land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and His Sword drawn in His hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

• Angel

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and His Sword drawn in His hand: and he bowed down His head, and fell flat on His face.

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up His eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with His Sword drawn in His hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the Sword; but they let go the man and all His family.

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all His chariots, and all His host, with the edge of the Sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off His chariot, and fled away on His feet.

And His fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the Sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into His hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's Sword against His fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

And he said unto Jether His firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not His Sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

Then he called hastily unto the young man His armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy Sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And His young man thrust him through, and he died.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither Sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan His son was there found.

• Armies

And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's Sword was against His fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

And David girded His Sword upon His armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took His Sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off His head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

• Contracts

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and His garments, even to His Sword, and to His bow, and to His girdle.

And David said unto His men, Gird ye on every man His Sword. And they girded on every man His Sword; and David also girded on His Sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

Then said Saul unto His armourbearer, Draw thy Sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But His armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a Sword, and fell upon it.

And when His armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon His Sword, and died with him.

• Fasting
• Fasting
• Fasting

And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan His son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the Sword.

And they caught every one His fellow by the head, and thrust His Sword in His fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all His father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the Sword, or that lacketh bread.

• David
• Homicide

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the Sword, and hast taken His wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the Sword of the children of Ammon.

And David said unto all His servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the Sword.

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a Sword fastened upon His loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

But Amasa took no heed to the Sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out His bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai His brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

He arose, and smote the Philistines until His hand was weary, and His hand clave unto the Sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay His servant with the Sword.

And the LORD shall return His blood upon His own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the Sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to His own land; and I will cause him to fall by the Sword in His own land.

• Assassination
• Children
• Citizens

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch His god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer His sons smote him with the Sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon His son reigned in His stead.

Then said Saul to His armourbearer, Draw thy Sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But His armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a Sword, and fell upon it.

And when His armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the Sword, and died.

• Government

And David lifted up His eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn Sword in His hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up His Sword again into the sheath thereof.

• Jehoram
• Fratricide
• Jehoram

Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of His father, he strengthened himself, and slew all His brethren with the Sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.

• Children

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to His own land. And when he was come into the house of His god, they that came forth of His own bowels slew him there with the Sword.

• Temple

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the Sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into His hand.

• Servant

And them that had escaped from the Sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and His sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

• Armies
• Trumpet

For the builders, every one had His Sword girded by His side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering Sword cometh out of His gall: terrors are upon him.

If His children be multiplied, it is for the Sword: and His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

He keepeth back His soul from the pit, and His life from perishing by the Sword.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make His Sword to approach unto him.

If he turn not, he will whet His Sword; he hath bent His bow, and made it ready.

Thou hast also turned the edge of His Sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David His servant from the hurtful Sword.

• Sword

A man that beareth false witness against His neighbour is a maul, and a Sword, and a sharp arrow.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath His Sword upon His thigh because of fear in the night.

In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong Sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the Sword, not of a mighty man; and the Sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the Sword, and His young men shall be discomfited.

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to His own land; and I will cause him to fall by the Sword in His own land.

• Assassination
• Homicide

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch His god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer His sons smote him with the Sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon His son reigned in His stead.

• Stubble

Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to His foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to His Sword, and as driven stubble to His bow.

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp Sword; in the shadow of His hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in His quiver hath he hid me;

For by fire and by His Sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and His servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the Sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the Sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

He that abideth in this city shall die by the Sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and His life shall be unto him for a prey.

• Burial
• Persecution

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the Sword, and cast His dead body into the graves of the common people.

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the Sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by His hand.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to His brother, and every man to His neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the Sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the Sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have His life for a prey, and shall live.

For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of His adversaries: and the Sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back His Sword from blood.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing Sword they shall turn every one to His people, and they shall flee every one to His own land.

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all His bands; and I will draw out the Sword after them.

And all His fugitives with all His bands shall fall by the Sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my Sword out of His sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my Sword go forth out of His sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my Sword out of His sheath: it shall not return any more.

With the hoofs of His horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the Sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break His arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the Sword to fall out of His hand.

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my Sword in His hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the Sword; and they that were His arm, that dwelt under His shadow in the midst of the heathen.

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the Sword. This is Pharaoh and all His multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my Sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for His own life, in the day of thy fall.

Asshur is there and all her company: His graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the Sword:

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all His multitude, even Pharaoh and all His army slain by the Sword, saith the Lord GOD.

For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the Sword, even Pharaoh and all His multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the Sword come, and take him away, His blood shall be upon His own head.

But if the watchman see the Sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the Sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in His iniquity; but His blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

• Israelites
• Adultery

Ye stand upon your Sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one His neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

And I will fill His mountains with His slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the Sword.

And I will call for a Sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's Sword shall be against His brother.

• Sword

And the Sword shall abide on His cities, and shall consume His branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in His path: and when they fall upon the Sword, they shall not be wounded.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue His brother with the Sword, and did cast off all pity, and His anger did tear perpetually, and he kept His wrath for ever:

• Cord

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the Sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of His land.

And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the Sword of His brother.

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the Sword shall be upon His arm, and upon His right eye: His arm shall be clean dried up, and His right eye shall be utterly darkened.

• Priest
• Peter
• Sword

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out His hand, and drew His Sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off His ear.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy Sword into His place: for all they that take the Sword shall perish with the Sword.

And one of them that stood by drew a Sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off His ear.

Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise His scrip: and he that hath no Sword, let him sell His garment, and buy one.

• Peter
• Love
• Peter

Then Simon Peter having a Sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off His right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

• Cowardice

And the keeper of the prison awaking out of His sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out His Sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

• Seven
• Stars

And he had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged Sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in His strength.

• Death

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and His name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with Sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

• Iron

And out of His mouth goeth a sharp Sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

And the remnant were slain with the Sword of him that sat upon the horse, which Sword proceeded out of His mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.