Which other scriptures highlight God's provision of victory to His chosen leaders? God-Given Triumphs from the days of Moses to David • Exodus 14:13-14 – “Do not be afraid… The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” • Exodus 17:11 – “Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed.” • Deuteronomy 20:4 – “For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you… to give you the victory.” • Joshua 6:2 – “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hand.” • Judges 7:9 – “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.” • 1 Samuel 17:47 – “The battle belongs to the LORD, and He will deliver you into our hand.” Further victories in David’s life • 2 Samuel 5:19 – “Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.” • 2 Samuel 8:6 – “The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.” • Psalm 18:35 – “Your right hand sustains me; You stoop down to make me great.” God’s hand upon later kings • 2 Chronicles 20:15 – “The battle is not yours, but God’s.” (Jehoshaphat) • 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 – “With us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” (Hezekiah) • Isaiah 37:36 – “The angel of the LORD went out and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians.” Prophetic assurances to chosen servants • Isaiah 54:17 – “No weapon formed against you shall prosper.” • Jeremiah 1:19 – “They will fight against you but will not prevail… for I am with you.” New-Covenant certainty of victory • John 16:33 – “Take courage; I have overcome the world.” • Romans 8:37 – “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” • 1 Corinthians 15:57 – “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” • 1 John 5:4 – “Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” |