Judges 8:3

Modern English Version

It was into your hands that God gave the Midianite commanders, Oreb and Zeeb. What was I able to do compared to you?” When Gideon said this, their anger against him cooled down.

Cross References

Psalm 115:1

Not unto us, O  Lord, not unto us, but unto Your name give glory, for the sake of Your mercy, for the sake of Your truth.

Psalm 44:3

For they did not take possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue will break a bone.

John 4:37

For in this is the saying true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sound judgment, according to the measure of faith God has distributed to every man.

Romans 12:6

We have diverse gifts according to the grace that is given to us: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

Philippians 2:3

Let nothing be done out of strife or conceit, but in humility let each esteem the other better than himself.

Judges 8:2

He said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Are not the gleanings of the grapes of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abiezer?

Judges 8:4

Then Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted but still pursuing.