1 Samuel 2:3
Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded themselves with strength.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22God even God is the Lord, and God even God himself knows, and Israel he shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let him not deliver us this day.
1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his + 16:7 Or, face.appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God + 16:7 Gr. will not see.sees not as a man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
Job 31:6(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
Psalms 94:4For the ends of the earth are in his hands; and the heights of the mountains are his.
Psalms 147:5He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
Proverbs 16:2All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:2-11
Hannah's Song. ( b. c. 1137.) 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord , mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that… Read the whole commentary →