Amos 2:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

Nor he that handleth the bowe, shal stand, and he that is swift of foote, shall not escape, neyther shall he that rideth the horse, saue his life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vaine helpe, and shall not deliuer any by his great strength.
  • Ezek 39:3 : 3 And I will smite thy bowe out of thy left hand, and I will cause thine arrowes to fall out of thy right hand.

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  • Isa 30:16
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  • Isa 5:27-28
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    27None shall faint nor fall among them: none shall slumber nor sleepe, neither shall the girdle of his loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of his shooes be broken:

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  • Jer 12:5
    74%

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  • Jer 4:29
    74%

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  • Obad 1:14
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    14Neyther shouldest thou haue stande in the crosse wayes to cut off them, that shoulde escape, neither shouldest thou haue shut vp the remnant thereof in the day of affliction.

  • Jer 46:4-6
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    73%

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  • Isa 31:8
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  • Isa 21:15
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    6For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.

  • Zech 10:5
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    5And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lorde is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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  • Joel 2:7-8
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  • Hab 1:8
    71%

    8Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the wolues in the euening: and their horsemen are many: & their horsemen shall come from farre: they shall flie as the eagle hasting to meate.

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    70%

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    69%

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