Verse 8

They all hold swords, [being] 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 [most] mighty, with 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 be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 ¶ [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
• Isa 27:3 : 3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
• Eph 6:16-18 : 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Neh 4:21-22 : 21 So we laboured 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 labour on the day.