Deuteronomy 20:4

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for the LORD your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:30 : 30 The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt
  • Josh 23:10 : 10 One of you makes a thousand run away, for the LORD your God fights for you as he promised you he would.
  • Deut 3:22 : 22 Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”
  • 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. You Israelites, don’t fight against the LORD God of your ancestors, for you will not win!”
  • Josh 10:42 : 42 Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
  • Rom 8:37 : 37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
  • Exod 14:14 : 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you can be still.”
  • 2 Chr 32:7-8 : 7 “Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. 8 He has with him mere human strength, but the LORD our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
  • Ps 144:1-2 : 1 By David. The LORD, my protector, deserves praise– the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, 2 who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.
  • Deut 11:25 : 25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
  • Deut 32:30 : 30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the LORD had handed them over?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 1:29-30
    2 verses
    84%

    29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • Deut 3:22
    84%

    22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”

  • Deut 20:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

    2As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

    3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

  • Josh 23:3
    81%

    3You saw everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the LORD your God fights for you.

  • Josh 23:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

    9“The LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

    10One of you makes a thousand run away, for the LORD your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

    11Watch yourselves carefully! Love the LORD your God!

  • Deut 31:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

    6Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the LORD your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”

  • Exod 14:14
    78%

    14The LORD will fight for you, and you can be still.”

  • 2 Chr 20:17
    77%

    17You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the LORD deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the LORD is with you!’”

  • Deut 31:8
    77%

    8The LORD is indeed going before you– he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

  • 2 Kgs 17:39
    77%

    39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    76%

    12Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. You Israelites, don’t fight against the LORD God of your ancestors, for you will not win!”

  • 2 Chr 20:15
    75%

    15He said:“Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says to you:‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.

  • Josh 10:25
    75%

    25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”

  • Deut 31:3
    75%

    3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.

  • Deut 1:42
    74%

    42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • Deut 23:14
    74%

    14For the LORD your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Jer 1:19
    74%

    19They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

    21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence

  • Deut 6:19
    73%

    19and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.

  • Num 14:42-43
    2 verses
    73%

    42Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

    43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.”

  • Josh 1:9
    73%

    9I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the LORD your God, am with you in all you do.”

  • Deut 7:21
    73%

    21You must not tremble in their presence, for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

  • Deut 21:10
    73%

    10Laws Concerning Wives When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

  • Deut 4:38
    72%

    38to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

  • Josh 10:19
    72%

    19But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the LORD your God is handing them over to you.”

  • Josh 1:5
    72%

    5No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

  • Deut 9:3
    72%

    3Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.

  • Lev 26:7
    72%

    7You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

  • Isa 52:12
    72%

    12Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

  • Exod 23:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

    23For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.

  • Deut 3:18
    72%

    18Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.

  • Num 10:9
    72%

    9If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
    71%

    29All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the LORD had fought against Israel’s enemies.

  • Deut 10:21
    71%

    21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

  • Deut 4:31
    71%

    31(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

  • Deut 33:27
    71%

    27The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”

  • Deut 4:20
    71%

    20You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

  • Deut 20:9
    71%

    9Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

  • Jer 15:20
    71%

    20I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you,” says the LORD.