21 Bible Verses about Salvation By Other Things

Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you by saying, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

But where are your gods you made for yourself?
Let them rise up and save you
in your time of disaster if they can,
for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.

Who among all the gods of these lands ever delivered his land from my power? So will the Lord deliver Jerusalem.”

When you cry out,
let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a breath will take them away.
But whoever takes refuge in Me
will inherit the land
and possess My holy mountain.

They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.

The gods cower; they crouch together;
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.

Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.

This is what the king says: “Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.

The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”