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Deutéronome 1:44
The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah. (niv)
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Psaumes 20:5
May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests. (niv)
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Esaïe 27:4
I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. (niv)
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Nahoum 1:10
They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble. (niv)
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Psaumes 58:9
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry— the wicked will be swept away. (niv)
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1 Samuel 17 45
David said to the Philistine,“ You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. (niv)
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Psaumes 20:1
May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. (niv)
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2 Chroniques 14 11-2 Chroniques 14 12
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said,“ Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, (niv)
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1 Chroniques 14 10-1 Chroniques 14 11
so David inquired of God:“ Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?” The Lord answered him,“ Go, I will deliver them into your hands.”So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said,“ As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 7:6
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless. (niv)
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1 Chroniques 14 14-1 Chroniques 14 16
so David inquired of God again, and God answered him,“ Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer. (niv)
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2 Chroniques 20 17-2 Chroniques 20 22
You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’”Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord.Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said,“ Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:“ Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. (niv)
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2 Chroniques 16 7-2 Chroniques 16 9
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him:“ Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” (niv)
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Psaumes 8:9
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! (niv)
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2 Samuel 23 6
But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand. (niv)
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Psaumes 83:14-15
As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm. (niv)
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2 Chroniques 22 7-2 Chroniques 22 8
Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. (niv)