Proverbs with Keyword: "SWORD"
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- S1047 He that strikes with the SWORD shall be beaten (stricken) with the scabbard
- S1048 A leaden (wooden) SWORD (dagger) in an ivory (golden, painted) sheath (scabbard)
- S1049 One SWORD keeps another in the sheath (scabbard)
- S1050 Put not a SWORD in the hand of a child
- S1051 The rusty SWORD and empty purse plead performance of covenants
- S1052 The SWORD is tried on the anvil
- S1053 There is no SWORD made of steel but has iron
- S1054 To slay (cut one's throat) with a leaden SWORD
- S1055 Who draws his SWORD against his prince must throw away the scabbard