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The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
Numbers 24:8God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall consume the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
Deuteronomy 32:42I 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.”
1 Samuel 20:20I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
1 Samuel 20:21Behold, 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 danger, as Yahweh lives.
1 Samuel 20:21Behold, 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 danger, as Yahweh lives.
1 Samuel 20:22But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
1 Samuel 20:36He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
1 Samuel 20:38Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
2 Samuel 22:15He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.
2 Kings 13:15Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself.
2 Kings 13:15Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself.
2 Kings 13:17He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”
2 Kings 13:17He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”
2 Kings 13:18He 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.
2 Kings 19:32“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
Proverbs 7:23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
1 Chronicles 12:2They 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 relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 26:15In Jerusalem, he made devices, 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, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 34:6Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
Psalms 7:13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
Psalms 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalms 18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
Psalms 38:2For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Psalms 57:4My 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.
Psalms 58:7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Psalms 64:7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
Psalms 91:5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms 127:4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Psalms 144:6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
Proverbs 25:18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 26:18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
Isaiah 5:28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
Isaiah 7:24People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
Isaiah 37:33“Therefore Yahweh says 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.
Isaiah 49:2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
Jeremiah 50:9For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
Jeremiah 50:14Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows; for she has sinned against Yahweh.
Jeremiah 51:11“Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! Yahweh 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 Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
Lamentations 3:12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Ezekiel 5:16when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread.
Ezekiel 21:21For 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.
Ezekiel 39:3I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.