Psalms 33:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Judg 4:15 : 15 And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6-7 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
  • Job 39:19-25 : 19 Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? 20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. 25 As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 but 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.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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  • Ps 33:16
    85%

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

  • Prov 21:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

    31The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.

  • Amos 2:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

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

    15neither 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;

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

  • Ps 147:10
    77%

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

  • Isa 31:1
    74%

    1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

  • Isa 31:3
    73%

    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

  • Job 39:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.

    19Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

    20Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

  • Ps 32:9
    73%

    9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.

  • Isa 30:16
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 17:16
    73%

    16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  • Ps 20:7
    72%

    7Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

    3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;--

  • Ps 44:6
    71%

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

  • Ps 60:11
    70%

    11Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

  • Hos 14:3
    70%

    3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • Ps 146:3
    70%

    3Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

  • Ps 108:12
    69%

    12Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

  • Ezek 26:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

    11With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.

  • Ps 33:18
    69%

    18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;

  • Judg 5:22
    69%

    22Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

  • Prov 30:31
    69%

    31The greyhound; The he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    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 47:3
    69%

    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;

  • Ps 76:6
    68%

    6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

  • Hab 3:15
    68%

    15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

  • Isa 43:17
    68%

    17who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):

  • Job 36:19
    68%

    19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
    68%

    24How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Isa 36:9
    68%

    9How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Job 11:12
    68%

    12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.

  • Isa 2:7
    68%

    7And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

  • Mic 5:10
    68%

    10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

  • Job 41:9
    68%

    9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • Hab 1:8
    68%

    8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

  • Jer 50:37
    67%

    37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

  • Jer 3:23
    67%

    23Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

  • Isa 30:7
    67%

    7For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

  • Job 41:26
    67%

    26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

  • Jer 51:21
    67%

    21and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

  • Amos 6:13
    67%

    13ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

  • Isa 5:28
    67%

    28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:

  • Job 39:22
    67%

    22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.