Psalm 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 144:6, the psalmist prays for God to send arrows to scatter enemies, echoing the same weapon imagery.
Psalm 11:2 shows the wicked bending their bow to shoot at the upright, contrasting with Psalm 7:13 where God prepares his own arrows for judgment.
Psalm 45:5 speaks of the king's sharp arrows piercing his enemies' hearts, paralleling the deadly arrows God prepares in Psalm 7:13.
Psalm 64:3 describes the wicked aiming bitter words like arrows, contrasting with the fiery arrows God prepares in Psalm 7:13 for judgment.
In Psalm 64:7, the same image of God shooting arrows is used to describe sudden judgment on the wicked.
In Psalm 120:4, sharp arrows punish deceit — directly parallels the fiery arrows of judgment here.
In Psalm 21:12, God aims arrows at enemies' faces — identical imagery of divine archery against the wicked.
In Habakkuk 3:11, God's arrows are depicted in a theophany of judgment, with sun and moon standing still at their light.
In Deuteronomy 32:23, God declares He will use arrows against Israel's enemies, directly paralleling the prepared weapons.
In Lamentations 3:13, the arrows of God's quiver enter the speaker's kidneys, a vivid continuation of the same arrow imagery.
In Deuteronomy 32:42, God's arrows are described as drunk with blood, intensifying the judgment imagery.
In Job 16:13, God's arrows attack Job — same imagery of divine arrows, but Job experiences them as suffering.
In 2 Samuel 22:15, God sends arrows to scatter enemies — directly parallel to the arrows of judgment prepared here.
Ezekiel 5:16 depicts God sending 'deadly arrows of famine' — the same image of God's prepared weapons of judgment.
Habakkuk 3:9 shows God's bow bared and arrows ready — echoing the divine warrior's weapons prepared against enemies.
In Job 6:4, the same arrow metaphor is used but from the perspective of a righteous sufferer feeling God's affliction.
In Lamentations 3:12, the speaker describes being set as a target for God's arrow, a personal application of the image.