Arrow: Figurative
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Numbers 24:8
God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Deuteronomy 32:23, 42
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. / I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Psalm 11:2
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalm 21:12
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Psalm 45:5
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
Psalm 57:4
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.
Psalm 58:7
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Psalm 91:5
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Psalm 144:6
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Lamentations 3:12, 13
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
Ezekiel 5:16
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
Habakkuk 3:11
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.