Exodus 14:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.””
What this verse means
‘The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still’—at the Red Sea, God calls his trapped people to trust him to act.
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BSBPD
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 14:14 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Exodus 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
- Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Joshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:14There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
- Joshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Joshua 23:3“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
- Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Judges 5:20From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
- 1 Samuel 4:7the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 20:29And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
- Nehemiah 4:14After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
- Nehemiah 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
- Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Psalms 35:1Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- Isaiah 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
- Isaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
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