1 Samuel 2:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ He will guard the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked shall be silenced and perish in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

Common English Bible

⁹ God guards the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked die in darkness because no one succeeds by strength alone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.

1 Samuel 2:9 Cross References

Psalm 121:3

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

1 Peter 1:5

who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Psalm 97:10

O ye that love the LORD, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 94:18

When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

Psalm 37:28

For the LORD loveth judgement, And forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Job 5:24

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loveth the peoples; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every one shall receive of thy words.

Proverbs 16:9

A man's heart deviseth his way: But the LORD directeth his steps.

Psalm 121:8

The LORD shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, From this time forth and for evermore.

2 Peter 2:17

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

Matthew 8:12

but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth to them all.

Proverbs 3:26

For the LORD shall be thy confidence, And shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.

Proverbs 2:8

That he may guard the paths of judgement, And preserve the way of his saints.

Psalm 121:5

The LORD is thy keeper: The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Jude 1:13

Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

Jude 1:1

Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God:

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Job 5:16

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth

Numbers 6:24

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

Psalm 31:17

Let me not he ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

Isaiah 27:3

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

Job 18:18

He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

Job 40:13

Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Psalm 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 105:37

And he brought them forth with silver and gold: And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

Psalm 145:20

The LORD preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

Isaiah 47:5

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called The lady of kingdoms.

Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.