They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
Behold, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as the LORD lives.
But if I say this to the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you;' then go your way; for the LORD has sent you away.
He said to his boy, "Run, find now the arrows which I shoot." As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
When the boy was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"
Jonathan cried after the boy, "Go fast! Hurry! Don't delay!" Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
Elisha said to him, "Take bow and arrows;" and he took to him bow and arrows.
He said, "Open the window eastward;" and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he shot. He said, "the LORD's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them."
He said, "Take the arrows;" and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground;" and he struck three times, and stopped.
"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, 'He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.
"I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy."
when I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread;
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
In this mountain, the LORD of Armies will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD.
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: the LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."
charging them to hold the passages of the hill country; for through them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop those who would come up, because the passage was narrow, for two men at the most.
He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, the LORD of Armies, my King, and my God.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
and I did not know that there were sparrows in the wall. And, since my eyes were open, the sparrows emitted warm dung into my eyes, and a whiteness fell into my eyes. And I went to the physicians, but they did not help me. Moreover, Achiacharus had to nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
the LORD will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord the LORD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
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