Instruments of warfare. God's people are to trust in him rather than in weapons. Scripture speaks of a day when weapons will become instruments of peace. The term is also used metaphorically.

1 Chronicles 12:23,33

Weapons of warfare

Nehemiah 4:16-18

See also

Genesis 49:5
1 Samuel 8:12; 17:45,54; 21:8
2 Samuel 1:27
2 Kings 11:8
2 Kings 11:11

pp 2Ch 23:7

1 Chronicles 12:34-37
2 Chronicles 32:5

pp 2Ch 23:10

Nehemiah 4:23
Ezekiel 26:7-11; 32:27
John 18:3
Psalms 20:7-8

Trust in God rather than in weapons

Isaiah 31:1

See also

Deuteronomy 1:41-44; 20:1
1 Samuel 17:45-47
2 Chronicles 20:20-24; 32:7-8
Psalms 33:16-19; 76:3; 147:10-11
Proverbs 21:31
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Isaiah 22:8-11; 54:16-17
Zechariah 4:6
Isaiah 2:4

A day when weapons of war will become instruments of peace

See also

Psalms 46:9

pp Mic 4:3

Isaiah 9:5
Ezekiel 39:7-10
Hosea 2:18
Zechariah 9:10
Isaiah 59:15-18

Weapons used metaphorically by God

Jeremiah 50:25

See also

Psalms 7:11-13
Isaiah 13:5
Jeremiah 51:20
Ezekiel 9:1-8
2 Corinthians 10:4

Weapons used metaphorically by Christians

Ephesians 6:11-17

See also

Romans 13:12
2 Corinthians 6:7
1 Thessalonians 5:8

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