Verse 8

They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:3 : 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.
• Ps 91:5 : 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
• Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds. 6 [ Let] the high praises of God [be] in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples; 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Isa 27:3 : 3 I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
• Eph 6:16-18 : 16 withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one] . 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Neh 4:21-22 : 21 So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.