2 Chronicles 25:8

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“Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.””

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BSBPD

“Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“but if thou art going--do <FI>it<Fi> , be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 25:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 8:18But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
  2. Judges 7:7Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
  3. 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.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 1:12therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 18:14When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be given into your hand.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
  8. 2 Chronicles 26:7God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
  9. Job 5:18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
  10. Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
  11. Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
  12. Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
  13. Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
  14. Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
  15. Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
  16. Psalms 89:43You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
  17. Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
  18. 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.
  19. Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
  20. Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
  21. Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
  22. Haggai 2:8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  23. Matthew 26:45Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  24. Luke 18:29“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

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