Verse 9

'He guards the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For it is not by strength that one prevails.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a false hope for victory, and its great strength does not provide escape.
  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. 12 They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
  • Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not let your foot slip—He who watches over you will not slumber.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Ps 37:23-24 : 23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and He delights in his way. 24 Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD supports him with His hand.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Indeed, He loves the peoples; all His holy ones are in Your hand. They are gathered at Your feet, and they receive Your words.
  • 1 Sam 17:49-50 : 49 David reached into his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown to the ground. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone. Without a sword in his hand, he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
  • Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," Your steadfast love, LORD, supported me.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of His faithful ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Job 5:24 : 24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will inspect your dwelling and find nothing amiss.
  • Eccl 5:17 : 17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Jer 8:14 : 14 Why are we sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
  • Zech 4:6 : 6 He said to me, 'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 The heart of a person plans their way, but the Lord establishes their steps.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Ps 121:5 : 5 The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
  • Ps 121:8 : 8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
  • Prov 2:8 : 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His faithful ones.
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary instead to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • Matt 22:12-13 : 12 He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. 13 Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  • Prov 3:26 : 26 For the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.