1 Samuel 2:9
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9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked will perish in darkness,
for not by might does one prevail.(A)
Psalm 121:3
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3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.(A)
Psalm 33:16-17
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16 A king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.(A)
17 The war horse is a vain hope for victory,
and by its great might it cannot save.(B)
Psalm 91:11-12
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11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.(A)
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Zechariah 4:6
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6 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.(A)
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Psalm 97:10
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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
he guards the lives of his faithful;
he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)
Psalm 94:18
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18 When I thought, “My foot is slipping,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.(A)
Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
Job 5:24
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24 You shall know that your tent is safe;
you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
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9 The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.(A)
Psalm 121:8
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8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.(A)
Psalm 37:23-24
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Deuteronomy 33:3
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3 Indeed, O favorite among[a] peoples,
all his holy ones were in your charge;
they marched at your heels,
accepted direction from you.(A)
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- 33.3 Or O lover of the
2 Peter 2:17
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17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved.(A)
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Matthew 8:12
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12 while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(A)
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Zephaniah 1:15
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15 That day will be a day of wrath,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.(A)
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Proverbs 3:26
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26 for the Lord will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being caught.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 Besides, all their days they eat in darkness, in much anger and sickness and resentment.(A)
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Proverbs 2:8
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8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(A)
Psalm 121:5
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5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.(A)
1 Samuel 17:49-50
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49 David put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, striking down the Philistine and killing him; there was no sword in David’s hand.
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Jude 13
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13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.(A)
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Jude 3
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3 Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.(A)
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