Bible Cross References
the foolishness
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
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God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.
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He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
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This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
Exodus 13:17
When the king of Egypt let the people go, God did not take them by the road that goes up the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought, "I do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they see that they are going to have to fight."
Exodus 14:2-4
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"Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon.
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The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert.
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I will make him stubborn, and he will pursue you, and my victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." The Israelites did as they were told.
Joshua 6:2-5
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The LORD said to Joshua, "I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers.
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You and your soldiers are to march around the city once a day for six days.
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Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets.
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Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."
Judges 7:2-8
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The LORD said to Gideon, "The men you have are too many for me to give them victory over the Midianites. They might think that they had won by themselves, and so give me no credit.
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Announce to the people, 'Anyone who is afraid should go back home, and we will stay here at Mount Gilead.' " So twenty-two thousand went back, but ten thousand stayed.
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "You still have too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will separate them for you there. If I tell you a man should go with you, he will go. If I tell you a man should not go with you, he will not go."
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Gideon took the men down to the water, and the LORD told him, "Separate everyone who laps up the water with his tongue like a dog, from everyone who gets down on his knees to drink."
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There were three hundred men who scooped up water in their hands and lapped it; all the others got down on their knees to drink.
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The LORD said to Gideon, "I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites with the three hundred men who lapped the water. Tell everyone else to go home."
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So Gideon sent all the Israelites home, except the three hundred, who kept all the supplies and trumpets. The Midianite camp was below them in the valley.
Judges 15:15
Then he found a jawbone of a donkey that had recently died. He reached down and picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it.
Judges 15:16
So Samson sang, "With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men; With the jawbone of a donkey I piled them up in piles."
1 Samuel 17:40-51
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He took his shepherd's stick and then picked up five smooth stones from the stream and put them in his bag. With his sling ready, he went out to meet Goliath.
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The Philistine started walking toward David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him. He kept coming closer,
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and when he got a good look at David, he was filled with scorn for him because he was just a nice, good-looking boy.
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He said to David, "What's that stick for? Do you think I'm a dog?" And he called down curses from his god on David.
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"Come on," he challenged David, "and I will give your body to the birds and animals to eat."
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David answered, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied.
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This very day the LORD will put you in my power; I will defeat you and cut off your head. And I will give the bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds and animals to eat. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a God,
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and everyone here will see that the LORD does not need swords or spears to save his people. He is victorious in battle, and he will put all of you in our power."
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Goliath started walking toward David again, and David ran quickly toward the Philistine battle line to fight him.
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He reached into his bag and took out a stone, which he slung at Goliath. It hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and Goliath fell face downward on the ground.
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And so, without a sword, David defeated and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone!
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He ran to him, stood over him, took Goliath's sword out of its sheath, and cut off his head and killed him. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran away.
1 Kings 20:14-22
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"Who will lead the attack?" Ahab asked. The prophet answered, "The LORD says that the young soldiers under the command of the district governors are to do it." "Who will command the main force?" the king asked. "You," the prophet answered.
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So the king called out the young soldiers who were under the district commanders, 232 in all. Then he called out the Israelite army, a total of seven thousand men.
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The attack began at noon, as Benhadad and his thirty-two allies were getting drunk in their tents.
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The young soldiers advanced first. Scouts sent out by Benhadad reported to him that a group of soldiers was coming out of Samaria.
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He ordered, "Take them alive, no matter whether they are coming to fight or to ask for peace."
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The young soldiers led the attack, followed by the Israelite army,
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and each one killed the man he fought. The Syrians fled, with the Israelites in hot pursuit, but Benhadad escaped on horseback, accompanied by some of the cavalry.
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King Ahab took to the field, captured the horses and chariots, and inflicted a severe defeat on the Syrians.
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Then the prophet went to King Ahab and said, "Go back and build up your forces and make careful plans, because the king of Syria will attack again next spring."
Zechariah 4:6
The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the LORD: "You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.
Zechariah 4:7
Obstacles as great as mountains will disappear before you. You will rebuild the Temple, and as you put the last stone in place, the people will shout, 'Beautiful, beautiful!' "
Zechariah 12:7
"I, the LORD, will give victory to the armies of Judah first, so that the honor which the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem will receive will be no greater than that of the rest of Judah.
Zechariah 12:8
At that time the LORD will protect those who live in Jerusalem, and even the weakest among them will become as strong as David was. The descendants of David will lead them like the angel of the LORD, like God himself.
Romans 11:33-36
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How great are God's riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge! Who can explain his decisions? Who can understand his ways?
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As the scripture says, "Who knows the mind of the Lord? Who is able to give him advice?
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Who has ever given him anything, so that he had to pay it back?"
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For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.