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Psalms 46:9
Psalms 46:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 46, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Or chariots
King James Version
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
World English Bible
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
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Psalms 46:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
11 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
Isaiah 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
Micah 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
Micah 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
Psalms 76:3There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
Psalms 76:4You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Psalms 76:6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.
Ezekiel 39:9Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
Ezekiel 39:10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
Joshua 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
Joshua 11:9Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Micah 5:10“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.