And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to hand Midian over to them, (A)otherwise Israel would [a]become boastful, saying, ‘My own [b]power has saved me.’

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  1. Judges 7:2 Lit boast against me
  2. Judges 7:2 Lit hand

For by their own sword they (A)did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your (B)arm and the (C)light of Your presence,
For You (D)favored them.

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13 For (A)he has said,

“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
Because I have understanding;
And I (B)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a powerful man I brought down [a]their inhabitants,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones

I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him [a](A)bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

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  1. John 15:5 Lit this one bears

17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is (A)from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or [a]shifting shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:17 Lit shadow of turning

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