19 Bible Verses about Axes

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken; With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken; With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;read more.
With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.

And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.

Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.

He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.

But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;

You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care; So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then. And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.read more.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees. But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's. And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water. Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.

They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees. Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.