1 Samuel 2:9

God guards the steps of His faithful ones while the wicked perish in darkness, for no one prevails by mere strength. Security rests in the Lord, not in human might.

Cross-references · 30

• Ps 91:11–12For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
• Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
• Ps 33:16–17No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
• 1 Pet 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Job 5:24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
• Ps 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Ps 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
• Zech 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Deut 33:3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
• Ps 37:23–24The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
• Prov 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• Ps 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
• Eccl 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
• Zeph 1:15That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
• 2 Pet 2:17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
• Prov 3:26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
• Matt 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Eccl 5:17Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
• Prov 2:8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
• Ps 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
• 1 Sam 17:49–50Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
• Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
• Jer 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
• Matt 22:12–13‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
• Job 5:16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
• Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Jer 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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