Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other. Nehemiah 4:17 When the Israelites were rebuilding the Jerusalem temple walls the workmen kept their weapons close at hand and listened for the alarm horn's sound. Those transporting the building materials carried theirs--which are we?
Luke 22:36 NIV 36 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
Here are a few, of dozens.... Genesis 27:3 ESV / 232 helpful votes Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, Genesis 9:3 ESV / 127 helpful votes Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Genesis 10:9 ESV / 71 helpful votes He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” Acts 10:13 ESV / 70 helpful votes And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” Genesis 21:20 ESV / 67 helpful votes And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. Jeremiah 16:16 ESV / 60 helpful votes “Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every
Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: Let the weak say, I am strong.
