The word in Scripture

Sword in the Bible

The word sword appears 424 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A sword is a weapon of war and a picture of God's piercing word. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What sword means in the Bible

A sword is a weapon of war and a picture of God's piercing word.

Where the word sword appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word sword appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?”Psalms 42:10

“Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.”Psalms 89:43

“For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.”Isaiah 34:5

“For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.”Isaiah 66:16

“Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.”John 18:10

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”Romans 8:35

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”Hebrews 4:12

“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;”Revelation 2:12