Amos 2:15

American Standard Version (1901)

neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself] ; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
  • Ezek 39:3 : 3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

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    14And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

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    16and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

  • Ps 33:16-17
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    16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

    17A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

  • Isa 30:16
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    16but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

  • Isa 5:27-28
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    75%

    27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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  • Jer 12:5
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    5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

  • Jer 4:29
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    29Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.

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    14And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.

  • Jer 46:4-6
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    4Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

    5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

    6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

  • Isa 31:8
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    8And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.

  • Jer 47:3
    73%

    3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;

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  • Isa 21:15
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    15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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    6For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

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  • Lev 26:37
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    37And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

  • Ps 147:10
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    10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Joel 2:7-8
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