Bible Cross References
returned
Ecclesiastes 2:12
After all, a king can only do what previous kings have done. So I started thinking about what it meant to be wise or reckless or foolish.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Malachi 3:18
Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."
that the race
1 Samuel 17:50
And so, without a sword, David defeated and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone!
2 Samuel 2:18-23
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The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel, who could run as fast as a wild deer,
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started chasing Abner, running straight for him.
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Abner looked back and said, "Is that you, Asahel?" "Yes," he answered.
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"Stop chasing me!" Abner said. "Run after one of the soldiers and take what he has." But Asahel kept on chasing him.
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Once more Abner said to him, "Stop chasing me! Why force me to kill you? How could I face your brother Joab?"
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But Asahel would not quit; so Abner, with a backward thrust of his spear, struck him through the stomach so that the spear came out at his back. Asahel dropped to the ground dead, and everyone who came to the place where he was lying stopped and stood there.
2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the Israelites said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." The LORD had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would not be followed, so that disaster would come on Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.
Psalm 33:16
A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.
Psalm 33:17
War horses are useless for victory; their great strength cannot save.
Psalm 73:6
And so they wear pride like a necklace and violence like a robe;
Psalm 73:7
their hearts pour out evil, and their minds are busy with wicked schemes.
Psalm 147:10
His pleasure is not in strong horses, nor his delight in brave soldiers;
Psalm 147:11
but he takes pleasure in those who honor him, in those who trust in his constant love.
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 46:6
Those who run fast cannot get away; the soldiers cannot escape. In the north, by the Euphrates, they stumble and fall.
Amos 2:14-16
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Not even fast runners will escape; strong men will lose their strength, and soldiers will not be able to save their own lives.
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Archers will not stand their ground, fast runners will not get away, and men on horses will not escape with their lives.
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On that day even the bravest soldiers will drop their weapons and run." The LORD has spoken.
but
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise can see where they are going, and fools cannot." But I also know that the same fate is waiting for us all.
Ecclesiastes 2:15
I thought to myself, "What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?" "Nothing," I answered, "not a thing."
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that everything God does will last forever. You can't add anything to it or take anything away from it. And one thing God does is to make us stand in awe of him.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I told myself, "God is going to judge the righteous and the evil alike, because every thing, every action, will happen at its own set time."
Ecclesiastes 7:13
Think about what God has done. How can anyone straighten out what God has made crooked?
1 Samuel 2:3-10
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Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the LORD is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do.
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The bows of strong soldiers are broken, but the weak grow strong.
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The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none.
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The LORD kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.
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He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great.
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He lifts the poor from the dust and raises the needy from their misery. He makes them companions of princes and puts them in places of honor. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD; on them he has built the world.
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"He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.
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The LORD's enemies will be destroyed; he will thunder against them from heaven. The LORD will judge the whole world; he will give power to his king, he will make his chosen king victorious."
Job 5:11-14
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Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.
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He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;
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even at noon they grope in darkness.
Job 34:29
If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face, we would be helpless.
Proverbs 21:30
Human wisdom, brilliance, insight---they are of no help if the LORD is against you.
Proverbs 21:31
You can get horses ready for battle, but it is the LORD who gives victory.
Lamentations 3:37
The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.
Lamentations 3:38
Good and evil alike take place at his command.
Daniel 4:35
He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.
Ephesians 1:11
All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.