1 Samuel 2:9

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Summary

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Will keep

1 Peter 1:5

His saints

Jude 1:1

Be silent

By strength

Zechariah 4:6

General references

Proverbs 4:19

Bible References

Will keep

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

His saints

Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Be silent

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

The people say, "Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.

That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

By strength

David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.

No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.

The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all."

General references

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.