1 Samuel 17:47
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle is the Lord’s, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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48And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.
2 Chronicles 20:15and he said, Hear ye, all Judah, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus saith the Lord to you, even you, Fear not, neither be alarmed, before all this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1
Psalms 44:7Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: 1 The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of righteousness. 1
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, 1 There is no counsel against the ungodly. 1
Hosea 1:7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:41-48
David Kills Goliath. ( b. c. 1060.) 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine… Read the whole commentary →