Judges 6:16
Yahweh said to him, “I will help you. So you will defeat the army of Midian as easily as if you were fighting only one man!”
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Exodus 3:12God replied, “I will be with you. And when you bring my people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me right here on this mountain. That will prove that I am the one who sent you to them.”
Joshua 1:5No group will be able to oppose and defeat you during your life. I will help you as I helped Moses. I will always be with [LIT] you; I will never forsake you.
Judges 2:18Whenever Yahweh gave a leader to them, he helped that leader and enabled him to rescue the people from their enemies. He helped them like that as long as that leader was alive. Yahweh pitied them as they groaned because they were being oppressed and caused to suffer.
Ruth 2:4Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted the men who were harvesting the grain, saying, “I want Yahweh to bless you!” They replied, “We want Yahweh to bless you, too!”
Isaiah 41:14Although you people of Israel [DOU] think that you are as insignificant as worms, do not be afraid of your enemies, because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew 28:20Teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember that by the Spirit I will be with you always, until the end of this age.”
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25
The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 11 And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →