Psalms 33:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

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  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Judg 4:15 : 15 And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6-7 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians 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 has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
  • Job 39:19-25 : 19 Have you given the horse its strength? Have you clothed its neck with a mane? 20 Can you make it leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying. 21 It paws in the valley and rejoices in its strength; it charges into the throng of battle. 22 It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattles against it, the flashing spear and the javelin. 24 It devours the ground with fierceness and rage; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 25 At the blast of the trumpets, it says, 'Ha, ha!' It smells the battle from afar, 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, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the orphan finds mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 33:16
    85%

    16No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

  • Prov 21:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.

  • Amos 2:14-16
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    80%

    14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:

    15Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself: neither shall he who rides the horse save himself.

    16And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD.

  • Ps 147:10
    77%

    10He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Isa 31:1
    74%

    1Woe to those who 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 do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

  • Isa 31:3
    73%

    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.

  • Job 39:18-20
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    73%

    18When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

    19Have you given the horse its strength? Have you clothed its neck with a mane?

    20Can you make it leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying.

  • Ps 32:9
    73%

    9Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.

  • Isa 30:16
    73%

    16But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

  • Deut 17:16
    73%

    16But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'

  • Ps 20:7
    72%

    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of galloping horses, and of bounding chariots.

    3The horseman raises both the bright sword and the glittering spear: there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of corpses; and there is no end to their bodies; they stumble upon their corpses:

  • Ps 44:6
    71%

    6For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.

  • Ps 60:11
    70%

    11Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.

  • Hos 14:3
    70%

    3Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the orphan finds mercy.

  • Ps 146:3
    70%

    3Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

  • Ps 108:12
    69%

    12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

  • Ezek 26:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you; your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached.

    11With the hooves of his horses he shall tread down all your streets; he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall fall to the ground.

  • Ps 33:18
    69%

    18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy,

  • Judg 5:22
    69%

    22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the prancing, the prancing of their mighty ones.

  • Prov 30:31
    69%

    31A greyhound, a male goat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

  • Jer 47:3
    69%

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

  • Ps 76:6
    68%

    6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

  • Hab 3:15
    68%

    15You walked through the sea with Your horses, through the heap of great waters.

  • Isa 43:17
    68%

    17Who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick.

  • Job 36:19
    68%

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
    68%

    24How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • Isa 36:9
    68%

    9How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • Job 11:12
    68%

    12For hollow man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey's colt.

  • Isa 2:7
    68%

    7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end to their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end to their chariots:

  • Mic 5:10
    68%

    10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and I will destroy your chariots.

  • Job 41:9
    68%

    9Behold, the hope of capturing him is vain; will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • Hab 1:8
    68%

    8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.

  • Jer 50:37
    67%

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

  • Jer 3:23
    67%

    23Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

  • Isa 30:7
    67%

    7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Job 41:26
    67%

    26The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

  • Jer 51:21
    67%

    21And with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;

  • Amos 6:13
    67%

    13You who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who 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' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • Job 39:22
    67%

    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not turn back from the sword.