Psalm 45:5
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5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Psalm 21:12
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12 For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.(A)
Psalm 38:2
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2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.(A)
Numbers 24:8
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8 God, who brings him out of Egypt,
is like the horns of a wild ox for him;
he shall devour the nations that are his foes
and break their bones.
He shall strike with his arrows.[a](A)
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- 24.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Zechariah 9:13-14
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13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.[a]
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.(A)
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.(B)
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- 9.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 22:27
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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before him.[a](A)
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- 22.27 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb you
Romans 15:18-19
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18 For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit,[a] so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(A)
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- 15.19 Other ancient authorities read the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit
Acts 6:7
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7 The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.(A)
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Acts 4:4
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4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and they numbered about five thousand.(A)
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Luke 19:42-44
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42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[a](B)
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- 19.44 Gk lacks from God
Psalm 66:3-4
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3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.(A)
4 All the earth worships you;
they sing praises to you,
sing praises to your name.” Selah(B)
Acts 7:54
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The Stoning of Stephen
54 When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen.[a]
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- 7.54 Gk him
Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)
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