Proverbs 21:31
Good News Translation
You can get horses ready for battle, but it is the LORD who gives victory.

New Revised Standard Version
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Even if your army has horses ready for battle, the LORD will always win.

New American Bible
The horse is equipped for the day of battle, but victory is the LORD’s.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth safety.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth safety.

horse

Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 33:17,18 Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength. . . .

Psalm 147:10 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

Isaiah 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.

but

Psalm 3:3,8 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. . . .

Psalm 68:20 Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.

safety

Psalm 144:10 Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword:

Context
The King's Heart
30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord. 31The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth safety.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 3:8
Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 33:17
Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:23
In very deed the hills were liars, and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

Proverbs 21:30
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