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What the Bible Says About Arrows

Overview

The Bible addresses arrows across 23 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel. Closely related themes include Judgments, Psalms, Backsliders and Arrow.

Key Bible verses about arrows

Old Testament

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

Deuteronomy 32:24

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. heat: Heb. coals

Deuteronomy 32:25

The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. within: Heb. from the chambers destroy: Heb. bereave

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Deuteronomy 32:27

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. Our: or, Our high hand, and not the LORD hath done

Deuteronomy 32:28

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

Deuteronomy 32:29

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Deuteronomy 32:30

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: of the vine: or, worse than the vine

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Deuteronomy 32:34

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

Deuteronomy 32:35

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. power: Heb. hand

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

Deuteronomy 32:38

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. your: Heb. an hiding for you

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying arrows for yourself

  • Begin with Deuteronomy 32:23, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel each treat the theme.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Judgments, Psalms, Backsliders and Arrow.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about arrows?

The Bible addresses arrows across 23 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel. Closely related themes include Judgments, Psalms, Backsliders and Arrow.

How many Bible verses are about arrows?

The Bible references arrows in 23 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention arrows?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Deuteronomy 32:23: “I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.”

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