The Sword was Used: Sometimes for Self-Destruction
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1 Samuel 31:4,5
Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell on it.
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Acts 16:27
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
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The Exile --Continued.
... so precisely the whole of the arguments used in the ... doer) turn not, He whets His
sword, His bow ... desert among wild creatures, and stumbling sometimes into the ...
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In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius C??sar and under the Pontificate ...
... But although the expression High-Priest' appears sometimes to have been used in
a general sense, as ... Taking the sword, it perished by the sword. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xi in the fifteenth.htm

A Desperate Case --How to Meet It
... a hard rock; when the edge of the sword turns against ... than the apostle meant it;
and he used to fast ... that others cannot, and probably if we sometimes set apart ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/a desperate casehow to meet.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... is always safe upon the hilt of their sword, yet by ... Sometimes in acts that seem to
be foolish, as when men ... honours, of the world that formerly they used to have ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality.
... even in the present day the same terms are used, the soul ... Psalm 149:6-9, "Let a
two-edged sword be in ... to guilt, since even the innocent thereby sometimes suffer ...
/.../an essay on the scriptural.htm

Introduction. Chapter i. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of ...
... unless it included some knowledge of natural phenomena, to be used for purposes
of ... Sometimes he wanders further afield, as, for instance, in his account of the ...
/.../introduction chapter i the life and.htm

[Endnotes]
... so called from Sica, a short sword or dagger ... strange that Peter, being a Jew, used
this phraseology ... third century the Christians were sometimes called Chrestiani ...
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Sword

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Sword of the Malicious Tongue

Sword of War

Sword used by Gideon

Sword used by Goliath

Sword used by Peter

Sword: David's Army Equipped With

Sword: Made of Plowshares

Sword: Symbolical

Sword: To be Beaten Into Plowshares

Sword: Two-Edged

The Sword in Time of Peace Made Into Plough Shares

The Sword in Time of War, Plough Shares Made Into

The Sword of Deep Mental Affliction

The Sword of False Witnesses

The Sword of Judicial Authority

The Sword of Persecuting Spirit of the Wicked

The Sword of Severe and Heavy Calamities

The Sword of the End of the Wicked

The Sword of the Justice of God

The Sword of the Protection of God

The Sword of the Tongue of the Wicked

The Sword of the Wicked

The Sword of the Word of Christ

The Sword of the Word of God

The Sword of War and Contention

The Sword was Brandished Over the Head

The Sword was One of God's Four Sore Judgments

The Sword was Pointed

The Sword was Thrust Through Enemies

The Sword was Used by Heathen Nations

The Sword was Used by the Jews

The Sword was Used by the Patriarchs

The Sword was Used for Destruction of Enemies

The Sword was Used for Punishing Criminals

The Sword was Used for Self-Defence

The Sword was Used: Sometimes for Self-Destruction

The Sword: (Drawing of) of War and Destruction

The Sword: (Living By) of Rapine

The Sword: (Not Departing from One's House) of Perpetual Calamity

The Sword: (Putting, Into Its Sheath) Peace and Friendship

The Sword: Bright

The Sword: Carried in a Sheath or Scabbard

The Sword: Frequently had Two Edges

The Sword: Glittering

The Sword: Hebrews Early Acquainted With Making of

The Sword: Hurtful

The Sword: Often Sent As a Punishment

The Sword: Often Threatened As a Punishment

The Sword: Oppressive

The Sword: Probable Origin

The Sword: Sharp

The Sword: Sharpened and Furbished Before Going to War

The Sword: Suspended from the Girdle

The Sword: Those Slain By, Communicated Ceremonial Uncleanness

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