Judges 7:2

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Summary

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Too many

Israel

Mine own

Habakkuk 1:16

Bible References

Too many

Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”

Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God: “Lord, there is no one besides You to help the mighty and those without strength. Help us, Lord our God, for we depend on You, and in Your name we have come against this large army. Yahweh, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder You.”

So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of David’s house and the glory of Jerusalem’s residents may not be greater than that of Judah.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit,

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

Israel

if I had not feared insult from the enemy,
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

Human pride will be humbled,
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

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.

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?

By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.

do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.

so that no one can boast in His presence.

not from works, so that no one can boast.

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

Mine own

You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

For he said:

I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.