Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Bible References
Too many
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to shame the wise, and the weak things of the world, to shame the things that are mighty:
1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with the persuasive words of human wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the throwing down of strong-holds.)
Israel
Romans 3:27
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works?
Romans 11:18
Boast not against the branches, but if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
1 Corinthians 1:29
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who is made by God unto us wisdom,
Ephesians 2:9
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
James 4:6
But he giveth greater grace: therefore it saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.