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.

General references

Bible References

Let not him, etc

Proverbs 27:1
Don’t boast about tomorrow,
for you don’t know what a day might bring.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
Isaiah 10:15
Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!
Matthew 26:33
Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away because of You, I will never run away!”

General references

Judges 8:6
But the princes of Succoth asked, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”
Job 41:8
Lay a hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!
Luke 14:31
“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

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