Proverbs 21:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 31:1 : 1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
  • Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
  • Ps 33:17-18 : 17 A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger. 18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
  • Ps 68:20 : 20 Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.
  • Ps 144:10 : 10 It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
  • Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
  • Ps 3:3 : 3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

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    16A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

    17A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.

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  • Prov 21:30
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    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Ps 20:7
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    7Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

  • Amos 2:15
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    15And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

  • Isa 31:1
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    1Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • Job 39:18-19
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    18Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

    19She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

  • Prov 24:6
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    6For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

  • Jer 51:21
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    21With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;

  • Jer 46:3-4
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    3Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.

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    10He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

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    1When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

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    16Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

  • Isa 22:7
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    7And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

  • Nah 3:2-3
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    2The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,

    3Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

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    21A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

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    30As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

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  • Ezek 26:10-11
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