1 Kings 20:11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘A man who puts on [his armor to go to battle] should not boast like the man who takes it off [after the battle has been won].’”
Proverbs 27:1
For you do not know what a day may bring.
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, “Come, let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”
1 Samuel 14:12-13
So the men of the garrison responded to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come up to us and we will tell you something.” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Climb up after me, for the Lord has given them into the hands of Israel.”
1 Samuel 17:44-47
The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.
Isaiah 10:15-16
Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club moving those who lift it,
Or like a staff raising him who is not [made of] wood [like itself]!
Matthew 26:33-35
Peter replied to Him, “Though they all fall away because of You [and doubt and disown You], I will never fall away!”
Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the [prophetic] words of Jesus, when He had said,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let not him, etc
General references
Bible References
Let not him, etc
For you do not know what a day may bring.
Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club moving those who lift it,
Or like a staff raising him who is not [made of] wood [like itself]!
General references
“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!