1 Kings 20:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’””
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“And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing <FI>his armour<Fi> .'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 20:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
- 1 Samuel 14:12So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 17:44“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- 2 Kings 3:21Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
- Job 41:8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
- Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
- Matthew 26:33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
- Matthew 26:75Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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