Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
For our captain
His priests
Ye shall not
General references
Bible References
God
Numbers 23:21
He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.
1 Samuel 4:5
When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the ground shook.
Isaiah 8:10
Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
Zechariah 10:5
And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
For our captain
Deuteronomy 20:4
for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory."
Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?"
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
His priests
Numbers 10:8
The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets; and they will be to you for an eternal ordinance throughout your generations.
Numbers 31:6
So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.
Joshua 6:13
The seven priests carrying the seven rams' horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams' horns.
Fight ye
Job 15:25
for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
Job 40:9
Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Isaiah 45:9
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
Jeremiah 50:24
I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.
Acts 5:39
but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God." He convinced them,
Acts 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Ye shall not
2 Chronicles 24:20
God's Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, "This is what God says: 'Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!'"
Numbers 14:41
But Moses said, "Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the Lord? It will not succeed!
Deuteronomy 28:29
You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.
Job 9:4
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength -- who has resisted him and remained safe?
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants -- I will vindicate them," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:37
Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.
Ezekiel 17:9
"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
General references
Numbers 10:8
The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets; and they will be to you for an eternal ordinance throughout your generations.
Deuteronomy 20:2
As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,