Judges 7:2 Cross References

Judges 7:2

2: The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength.

Deuteronomy 8:17

  1. He did it so you would never think that it was your own strength and energy that made you wealthy.

2 Corinthians 4:7

  1. But this precious treasure--this light and power that now shine within us--is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own.

Isaiah 10:13

  1. He boasts, "By my own power and wisdom I have won these wars. By my own strength I have captured many lands, destroyed their kings, and carried off their treasures.

1 Corinthians 1:27

  1. Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
  2. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important,
  3. so that no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

2 Chronicles 14:11

  1. Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, "O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!"

Ephesians 2:9

  1. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

Zechariah 4:6

  1. Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty.

Ezekiel 28:17

  1. Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

2 Corinthians 10:4

  1. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds.
  2. With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ.

1 Samuel 14:6

  1. "Let's go across to see those pagans," Jonathan said to his armor bearer. "Perhaps the LORD will help us, for nothing can hinder the LORD. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!"

1 Corinthians 2:4

  1. And my message and my preaching were very plain. I did not use wise and persuasive speeches, but the Holy Spirit was powerful among you.
  2. I did this so that you might trust the power of God rather than human wisdom.

Daniel 4:30

  1. As he looked out across the city, he said, `Just look at this great city of Babylon! I, by my own mighty power, have built this beautiful city as my royal residence and as an expression of my royal splendor.'

Ezekiel 28:2

  1. "Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: In your great pride you claim, `I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.' But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are like a god.

Jeremiah 9:23

  1. This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man gloat in his wisdom, or the mighty man in his might, or the rich man in his riches.

Deuteronomy 32:27

  1. But I feared the taunt of the enemy, that their adversaries might misunderstand and say, "Our power has triumphed! It was not the LORD who did this!"'

Romans 11:18

  1. But you must be careful not to brag about being grafted in to replace the branches that were broken off. Remember, you are just a branch, not the root.

Zechariah 12:7

  1. The LORD will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.

Isaiah 2:11

  1. The day is coming when your pride will be brought low and the LORD alone will be exalted.

James 4:6

  1. He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."

Habakkuk 1:16

  1. Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. "These nets are the gods who have made us rich!" they will claim.

Isaiah 2:17

  1. The arrogance of all people will be brought low. Their pride will lie in the dust. The LORD alone will be exalted!

Romans 3:27

  1. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith.
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