Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
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- Ps 38:2 : 2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
- Job 30:15 : 15 Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.
- Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
- Ps 88:15-16 : 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
- Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
- Prov 18:14 : 14 A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness– but who can bear a crushed spirit?
- Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. 13 ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
- Mark 14:33-34 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”
- Mark 15:34 : 34 Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
- Ps 45:5 : 5 Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
- Job 21:20 : 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
- Deut 32:23-24 : 23 I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them. 24 They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
- Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh– the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy’s leaders!’”
- Job 9:17 : 17 he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
- Job 31:23 : 23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
- Ps 7:13 : 13 He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.
- Ps 18:14 : 14 He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.
- Ps 21:12 : 12 For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.
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12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
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4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
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23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
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19 He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
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11 He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’