Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

General references

Bible References

No king

Psalm 44:3
For not with their sword did they possess [the] land, and their arm did not give them victory. Rather [it was] your right hand and your arm and the light of your presence, because you delighted in them.
Exodus 14:17
And as for me, look, I [am] about to harden the heart of [the] Egyptians [so that] they come after them, and I will display my glory through Pharaoh and through all of his army, through his chariots and through his charioteers.
Joshua 11:4
They came out, they and all their armies with them, [as] a great army like the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
Judges 7:2
And Yahweh said to Gideon, "The troops that [are] with you [are] too many for me to give Midian into their hands; Israel will boast, saying, 'My hand has delivered me.'
1 Samuel 14:8
Then Jonathan said, "Look, we [are about to] go over to the men; and we will show ourselves to them.
1 Kings 20:10
Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, "Thus may the gods do to me and thus may they add if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for the hollow of a hand for all of the people who are at my feet."
2 Chronicles 14:9
Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, will you not judge them, for there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us. Now we do not know what we shall do, for our eyes [are] upon you."
2 Chronicles 32:8
With him [is] the arm of flesh, and with us [is] Yahweh our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence with the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Mighty

Joshua 14:12
So now give me this hill country that Yahweh spoke [of] on that day, for you heard on that day that the Anakites [were] there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps Yahweh [is] with me, and I will drive them out just as Yahweh promised."
1 Samuel 17:4
Then {a champion} went out from the camps of [the] Philistines, whose name was Goliath from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.
2 Samuel 21:16
Now Yishbi in Nob, who [was] among the descendents of Raphah (now the weight of his spearhead [was] three hundredweight of bronze, and he [was] newly armed), said that he would kill David.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus says Yahweh, "[The] wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, [the] wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

General references

Psalm 44:6
For I do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.
Isaiah 40:30
Even young people will be faint and grow weary, and [the] young will stumble, exhausted.