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2 Corinthians 13 4
For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God’s power.
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1 Corinthians 1 18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.
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Zechariah 4:6-7
So he answered me,“ This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:‘ Not by strength or by might, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.‘ What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it!’”
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Romans 11:33-36
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?And who has ever given to God, that he should be repaid?For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
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1 Corinthians 1 27-1 Corinthians 1 29
Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world— what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something,so that no one may boast in his presence.
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Zechariah 12:7-8
The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of David’s house and the glory of Jerusalem’s residents may not be greater than that of Judah.On that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD, before them.
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Judges 7:2-8
The LORD said to Gideon,“ You have too many troops for me to hand the Midianites over to them, or else Israel might elevate themselves over me and say,‘ I saved myself.’Now announce to the troops,‘ Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of the troops turned back, but ten thousand remained.Then the LORD said to Gideon,“ There are still too many troops. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you,‘ This one can go with you,’ he can go. But if I say about anyone,‘ This one cannot go with you,’ he cannot go.”So he brought the troops down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon,“ Separate everyone who laps water with his tongue like a dog. Do the same with everyone who kneels to drink.”The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men, and all the rest of the troops knelt to drink water.The LORD said to Gideon,“ I will deliver you with the three hundred men who lapped and hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home.”So Gideon sent all the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred troops, who took the provisions and their ram’s horns. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
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1 Samuel 17 40-1 Samuel 17 51
Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.He said to David,“ Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.“ Come here,” the Philistine called to David,“ and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!”David said to the Philistine,“ You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel— you have defied him.Today, the LORD will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the LORD saves, for the battle is the LORD’s. He will hand you over to us.”When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine.David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown to the ground.David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. David overpowered the Philistine and killed him without having a sword.David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.
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1 Kings 20 14-1 Kings 20 22
Ahab asked,“ By whom?” And the prophet said,“ This is what the LORD says:‘ By the young men of the provincial leaders.’” Then he asked,“ Who is to start the battle?” He said,“ You.”So Ahab mobilized the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he mobilized all the Israelite troops: 7,000.They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying,“ Men are marching out of Samaria.”So he said,“ If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.”The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a severe slaughter on Aram.The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him,“ Go and strengthen yourself, then consider carefully what you should do, for in the spring the king of Aram will attack you.”
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Exodus 14:2-4
“ Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.Pharaoh will say of the Israelites: They are wandering around the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So the Israelites did this.
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Exodus 13:17
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said,“ The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”
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Joshua 6:2-5
The LORD said to Joshua,“ Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.Have seven priests carry seven ram’s-horn trumpets in front of the ark. But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the ram’s horns.When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the troops give a mighty shout. Then the city wall will collapse, and the troops will advance, each man straight ahead.”
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Judges 15:15-16
He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them in heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men.