1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
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will keep

Job 5:24
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

Psalm 37:23, 24
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way. . . .

Psalm 91:11, 12
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. . . .

Psalm 94:18
If I say, "My foot is slipping, " Your loving devotion, O LORD, will support me.

Psalm 121:3, 5, 8
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. . . .

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are protected by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

his saints

Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words--

Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalm 97:10
O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Proverbs 2:8
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

Jude 1:3
Beloved, although I made every effort to write you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

be silent

Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:17
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Jeremiah 8:14
"Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:15
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Matthew 22:12, 13
Friend, ' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless. . . .

Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

2 Peter 2:17
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

by strength

1 Samuel 17:49, 50
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. . . .

Psalm 33:16, 17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all.

Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.

King James Bible
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

International Standard Version
He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.

NET Bible
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.
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