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
Bible References
Let not him, etc
Proverbs 27:1
Do not brag about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift. The battle is not to the strong. Bread does not go to the wise, or riches to men of understanding. Men of skill do not always receive favor, but time and unexpected circumstance happens to them all.
Isaiah 10:15
Can an ax attack the person who cuts with it? Can a saw make itself greater than the person who saws with it? A rod cannot move the person who lifts it. A wooden stick cannot pick up a person.
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered: Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.
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Judges 8:6
The princes of Succoth said: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
Job 41:8
Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon?
Luke 14:31
When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king.