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Eph 6:16 — Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the shield		The [ ( )] was a large oblong shield, or scuta, like a door, [thura ( qu/ra )] made of wood and covered with hides. Gen 15:1; Psa 56:3,4,10,11; Pro 18:10; 2Cr 1:24; 2Cr 4:16-18; Hbr 6:17,18; Hbr 11:24-34; 1Pe 5:8,9; 1Jo 5:4,5
to quench		1Th 5:19

Correlating Passages

the shield

	Gen 15:1	After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
	Psa 56:3	What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
	Psa 56:4	In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
	Psa 56:10	In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
	Psa 56:11	In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
	Pro 18:10	The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
	2Cr 1:24	Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
	2Cr 4:16	For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
	2Cr 4:17	For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
	2Cr 4:18	While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
	Hbr 6:17	Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
	Hbr 6:18	That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
	Hbr 11:24	By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
	Hbr 11:25	Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
	Hbr 11:26	Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
	Hbr 11:27	By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
	Hbr 11:28	Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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	1Pe 5:8	Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
	1Pe 5:9	Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
	1Jo 5:4	For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.
	1Jo 5:5	Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

to quench

1Th 5:19

Quench not the Spirit.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ephesians 6:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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