1 Kings 20:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Let not him, etc

General references

Judges 8:6

Job 41:8

Luke 14:31

Bible References

Let not him, etc

Do not boast about tomorrow,

For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.”

General references

The leaders of Succoth said, “

Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?”

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?