Sword
Both a weapon of war and a powerful symbol of God's Word and judgment. Ephesians 6:17 identifies 'the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God' as essential spiritual armor. Hebrews 4:12 declares, 'The word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit.' Revelation 1:16 portrays Christ with a sharp double-edged sword from his mouth, and Revelation 19:15 shows him striking the nations with it. Isaiah 49:2 prophesied God making the servant's mouth 'like a sharpened sword.' The sword symbolizes God's Word cutting through deception, judging hearts, and establishing truth.
Verses about Sword
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בראשית 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of t…
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בראשית 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break hi…
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בראשית 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the s…
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בראשית 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword…
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בראשית 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
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בראשית 48:22
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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שמות 5:3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord ou…
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שמות 5:21
And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes o…
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שמות 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall d…
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שמות 17:13
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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שמות 18:4
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
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שמות 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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שמות 32:27
And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the ca…
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ויקרא 26:6
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall …
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ויקרא 26:7
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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ויקרא 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
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ויקרא 26:25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send t…
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ויקרא 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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ויקרא 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf sha…
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ויקרא 26:37
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.