Psalms 7:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 7:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 7:12 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 7:12 — KJV
“If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.”
— Psalms 7:12 (KJV)
Psalms 7:12 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 7:12
“And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. slew...: Heb. made him fall”
Shares key themes with Psalms 7:12: turn, sword, bow
“When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 7:12: sword, bent, bow
“And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?”
Shares key themes with Psalms 7:12: turn, sword, hath
“And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. eaten...: Heb. made it common”
Shares key themes with Psalms 7:12: turn, hath, made
“And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 7:12: turn, sword, made
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