Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
The flight
General references
Bible References
The flight
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:
Strike the capitals of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.
Job 11:20 But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.
Isaiah 30:16 You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the Lord says:
The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
General references
Isaiah 40:30 Youths may faint and grow weary,
and young men stumble and fall,
and young men stumble and fall,
Jeremiah 52:8
The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army was scattered from him.