Bible verses about Arms, Military
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Made of iron, steel, or brass
Job 20:24; I Samuel 17:5,6- OFFENSIVE
- Sword
Judges 20:15; Ezekiel 32:27
- Two-edged sword
Psalms 149:6; Proverbs 5:4
- Dagger
Judges 3:16,21,22
- Dart or javelin
I Samuel 18:10,11; II Samuel 18:14
- Spear or lance
I Samuel 26:7; Jeremiah 50:42
- Battle-axe
Ezekiel 26:9; Jeremiah 51:20
- Bow and arrows
Genesis 48:22; I Kings 22:34
- Sling
I Samuel 17:50; II Kings 3:25
- Hand staff
Matthew 26:47
- Called weapons of war
II Samuel 1:27
- Called instruments of war
I Chronicles 12:33,37
- Called instruments of death
Psalms 7:13- DEFENSIVE
- Helmet
I Samuel 17:5,38; II Chronicles 26:14
- Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine
I Samuel 17:5,38; Exodus 28:32; Jeremiah 46:4; Revelation 9:9
- Girdle
I Samuel 18:4; II Samuel 18:11
- Target
I Samuel 17:6
- Greaves
I Samuel 17:6
- Shield
I Kings 10:16,17; 14:26,27
- Buckler
I Chronicles 5:18; Ezekiel 26:8
- Called harness
I Kings 22:34
- Called armour
Luke 11:22- FOR SIEGES
- Battering Rams
II Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 4:2
- Engines for casting stones, &c
II Chronicles 26:15- Not worn in ordinary times
I Samuel 21:8- Put on at the first alarm
Isaiah 8:9; Jeremiah 46:3,4- Armouries built for
II Kings 20:13; Solomon 4:4- Great stores of, prepared
II Chronicles 32:5- WERE PROVIDED
- By individuals themselves
I Chronicles 12:33,37
- From the public arsenals
II Chronicles 11:12; 26:14- Often given as presents
I Kings 10:25- BEFORE USING
- Tried and proved
I Samuel 17:39
- Burnished
Jeremiah 46:4; Ezekiel 21:9-11,28
- Anointed
Isaiah 21:5- Part of, borne by armour-bearers
Judges 9:54; I Samuel 14:1; 16:21- Hung of the walls of cities
Ezekiel 27:10,11- OF THE VANQUISHED
- Taken off them
II Samuel 2:21; Luke 11:22
- Sometimes kept as trophies
I Samuel 17:54
- Sometime burned
Ezekiel 39:9,10- Of conquered nations taken away to prevent rebellion
Judges 5:8; I Samuel 13:19-22- Inferior to wisdom
Ecclesiastes 9:18- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Spiritual armour
Romans 13:12; II Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11-14; I Thessalonians 5:8
- Spiritual weapons
II Corinthians 10:4; Ephesians 6:17
- Judgments of God
Isaiah 13:5; Jeremiah 50:25