Psalm 118:12
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12 (A)They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like (B)a fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
Deuteronomy 1:44
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44 (A)Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you (B)as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as (C)Hormah.
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1 Samuel 17:45
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45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with (A)a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, (B)whom you have defied.
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Psalm 20:5
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5 May we shout for joy over (A)your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our (B)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
Ecclesiastes 7:6
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6 (A)For as the crackling of (B)thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[a]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Psalm 20:1
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Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
20 May the Lord (A)answer you in the day of trouble!
May (B)the name of the God of Jacob (C)protect you!
Psalm 58:9
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9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (A)thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he (B)sweep them away![a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Psalm 8:9
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9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
2 Samuel 23:6
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6 But worthless men[a] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
for they cannot be taken with the hand;
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:6 Hebrew worthlessness
Nahum 1:10
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10 For they are (A)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(B)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
Isaiah 27:4
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4 I have no wrath.
(A)Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
I would march against them,
I would burn them up together.
Psalm 83:14-15
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14 As (A)fire consumes the forest,
as the flame (B)sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them (C)with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
2 Chronicles 20:17-22
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17 (A)You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ (B)Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, (C)and the Lord will be with you.”
18 Then Jehoshaphat (D)bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. 19 And the Levites, of the (E)Kohathites and the (F)Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into (G)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! (H)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him (I)in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
(J)“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
22 And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set (K)an ambush against the men of (L)Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.
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2 Chronicles 16:7-9
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7 At that time (A)Hanani (B)the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, (C)“Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. 8 Were not (D)the Ethiopians and (E)the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet (F)because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand. 9 (G)For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those (H)whose heart is blameless[a] toward him. (I)You have done foolishly in this, for from now on (J)you will have wars.”
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- 2 Chronicles 16:9 Or whole
2 Chronicles 14:11-12
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11 And Asa (A)cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, (B)for we rely on you, (C)and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.” 12 (D)So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
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1 Chronicles 14:14-16
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14 And when David again inquired of God, (A)God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees. 15 And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” 16 And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.
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1 Chronicles 14:10-11
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10 And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.” 11 And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them down there. And David said, “God has broken through[a] my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
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- 1 Chronicles 14:11 Baal-perazim means Lord of breaking through
2 Chronicles 22:7-8
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7 But it was ordained by[a] God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, (A)he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, (B)whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8 (C)And when Jehu was (D)executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them.
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- 2 Chronicles 22:7 Hebrew was from
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