Quotes about Swift
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
- 2 Samuel 17:16
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- 1 Chronicles 12:8
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
- Job 9:25
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 9:26
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
- Psalm 58:9
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
- Psalm 59:4
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
- Proverbs 1:16
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- Song of Solomon 2:17
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
- Jeremiah 2:23
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
- Joel 2:4
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Joel 3:4
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
- Amos 2:14