Holy BibleKing James Version

1 Samuel 2:9 KJV

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

1 Samuel 2:9, King James Version

In context

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

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

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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Cross-references

  • Psalms 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
  • Psalms 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  • Psalms 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
  • 1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.