49 verses contain “sharp” (in the KJV: 40, in the BSB: 34) — showing 1–49
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
To the woman He said: “I will
sharply increase your pain in
childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Then Zipporah took a
sharp stone, and cut off the
foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a
bloody husband art thou to me.
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s
foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
If I
whet my
glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render
vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that
hate me.
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee
sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint
knives and
circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
And Joshua made him
sharp knives, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did
chide with him
sharply.
Then the men of Ephraim said to
Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against
Midian?” And they
contended with him violently.
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to
sharpen every man his share, and his
coulter, and his
axe, and his
mattock.
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to
sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
Yet they had a
file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads.
And between the passages, by which
Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a
sharp rock on the one side and a
sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that
Jonathan intended to cross to reach the
Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
His anger has
torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My
adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth
sharp pointed things upon the
mire.
If he turn not, he will
whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Your arrows
pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a
sharp rasor, working
deceitfully.
Your tongue devises destruction like a
sharpened razor, O worker of
deceit.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with
ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are
sharp swords.
Behold, they
belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they,
doth hear?
See what they
spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Who
whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
who
sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of
juniper.
Sharp arrows will come from the
warrior, with burning coals of the
broom tree!
They have
sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips.
Selah.
in the end she is bitter as
wormwood,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a
maul, and a sword, and a
sharp arrow.
Like a club or sword or
sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his
neighbor.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Whose arrows are
sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a
whirlwind:
Their arrows are
sharpened, and all their bows are
strung. The
hooves of their horses are like flint; their
chariot wheels are like a
whirlwind.
Behold, I will make thee a new
sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt
thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as
chaff.
Behold, I will make you into a
threshing sledge, new and
sharp, with many teeth. You will
thresh the mountains and
crush them, and reduce the hills to
chaff.
And he hath made my mouth like a
sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he
hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his
quiver hath he
hid me;
He made My mouth like a
sharp sword; He
hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished
arrow; He
hid Me in His
quiver.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his
device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the
vengeance of the LORD, the
vengeance of his temple.
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has
aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the
vengeance of the LORD—
vengeance for His temple.
And thou, son of man, take thee a
sharp knife, take thee a
barber’s
razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy
beard: then take thee balances to
weigh, and divide the hair.
“As for you, son of man, take a
sharp sword, use it as a
barber’s
razor, and
shave your head and
beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
Son of man,
prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is
sharpened, and also
furbished:
“Son of man,
prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword,
sharpened and polished—
It is
sharpened to make a
sore slaughter; it is
furbished that it may
glitter: should we then make
mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
it is
sharpened for the slaughter, polished to
flash like
lightning! Should we
rejoice in the
scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
And he hath given it to be
furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is
sharpened, and it is
furbished, to give it into the hand of the
slayer.
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be
grasped in the hand. It is
sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the
slayer.
The best of them is like a
brier; the most upright is
sharper than a
hedge of thorns. The day for your
watchmen has come, the day of your
visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
When therefore Paul and
Barnabas had no small
dissension and
disputation with them, they determined that Paul and
Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
And after
engaging these men in
sharp debate, Paul and
Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
Their disagreement was so
sharp that they parted company.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed for
Cyprus,
And there arose a great cry: and the
scribes that were of the
Pharisees’ part arose, and
strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
A great
clamor arose, and some
scribes from the party of the
Pharisees got up and
contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use
sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to
edification, and not to destruction.
This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for
tearing you down.
This witness is true. Wherefore
rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
This testimony is true. Therefore
rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any
twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
For the word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a
sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun
shining at its brightest.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
To the angel of the church in
Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the
sharp, double-edged sword.
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle.
And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a
sharp sickle in His hand.
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a
sharp sickle.
Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a
sharp sickle.
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and
cried with a loud cry to him that had the
sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy
sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the
sharp sickle, “
Swing your
sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
And out of his mouth goeth a
sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God.
And from His mouth proceeds a
sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron
scepter. He treads the winepress of the
fury of the wrath of God the
Almighty.
For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
His severe wrath shall he
sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you: for a
sharp judgment shall be to them that be in high places.
And brought thine
unfeigned commandment as a
sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.
The
hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being
congealed, it lieth on the top of
sharp stakes.
