Nave’s Topical Bible
Arrow
28 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(A weapon)
- Used in hunting
- Used in war
1 Samuel 31:3; 2 Samuel 22:15; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Kings 19:32; Psalms 7:13; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 51:3
- Divination by
- Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David
- Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians
- FIGURATIVE
Numbers 24:8; Deuteronomy 32:23,42; Job 6:4; Psalms 11:2; Psalms 21:12; Psalms 38:2; Psalms 45:5; Psalms 57:4; Psalms 58:7; Psalms 91:5; Psalms 120:4; Psalms 144:6; Proverbs 25:18; Lamentations 3:12-13; Ezekiel 5:16; Habakkuk 3:11
Bible verses about “Arrow”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Genesis 27:3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
- 1 Samuel 31:3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
- 2 Samuel 22:15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
- 1 Kings 22:34And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
- 2 Kings 19:32Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
- Psalms 7:13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
- Isaiah 22:3All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
- Jeremiah 51:3Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
- 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 made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
- 1 Samuel 20:20And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
- 1 Samuel 20:21And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.
- 1 Samuel 20:22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.
- 1 Samuel 20:23And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.
- 1 Samuel 20:24So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
- 1 Samuel 20:25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.
- 1 Samuel 20:26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
- 1 Samuel 20:27And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
- 1 Samuel 20:28And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:
- 1 Samuel 20:29And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- 1 Samuel 20:31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
- 1 Samuel 20:32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
- 1 Samuel 20:33And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
- 1 Samuel 20:34So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
- 1 Samuel 20:35And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
- 1 Samuel 20:36And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 1 Samuel 20:37And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
- 1 Samuel 20:38And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- 1 Samuel 20:39But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
- 1 Samuel 20:40And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
- 1 Samuel 20:41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
- 1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
- 2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
- 2 Kings 13:15And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
- 2 Kings 13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
- 2 Kings 13:17And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
- 2 Kings 13:18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
- 2 Kings 13:19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
- Numbers 24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.