And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.