Zechariah 4:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

Genesis 41:16

“It is not I,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God who will respond for the well-being of Pharaoh.”

1 Kings 19:12

after the earthquake, fire—but the Lord was not in the fire; after the fire, a light silent sound.

2 Chronicles 14:11

And so the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

Ezra 2:2

(those who returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah): The census of the people of Israel:

Ezra 3:10

While the builders were laying the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests in their vestments were stationed with trumpets and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals to praise the Lord in the manner laid down by David, king of Israel.

Ezra 5:2

Thereupon Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, began again to build the house of God in Jerusalem, with the prophets of God giving them support.

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by a great army, nor a warrior delivered by great strength.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not won by the swift, nor the battle by the valiant, nor a livelihood by the wise, nor riches by the shrewd, nor favor by the experts; for a time of misfortune comes to all alike.

Isaiah 30:1

Ah! Rebellious children, oracle of the Lord, Who carry out a plan that is not mine, who make an alliance I did not inspire, thus adding sin upon sin;

Isaiah 32:15

Until the spirit from on high is poured out on us. And the wilderness becomes a garden land and the garden land seems as common as forest.

Isaiah 34:16

Search through the book of the Lord and read: not one of these shall be lacking, For the mouth of the Lord has ordered it, and his spirit gathers them there.

Isaiah 59:19

Those in the west shall fear the name of the Lord, and those in the east, his glory, Coming like a pent-up stream driven on by the breath of the Lord.

Daniel 2:34

While you watched, a stone was hewn from a mountain without a hand being put to it, and it struck its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

Hosea 1:7

Yet for the house of Judah I will feel pity; I will save them by the Lord, their God; but I will not save them by bow or sword, by warfare, by horses or horsemen.

Haggai 1:1

On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak:

Haggai 2:21

Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah: I will shake the heavens and the earth;

Zechariah 6:12

And say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: There is a man whose name is Branch —and from his place he will branch out and he will build the temple of the Lord.

Numbers 27:16

“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humanity, set over the community someone

Ephesians 6:17

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Constant Prayer.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you with regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you [through] the holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels longed to look. Obedience.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to his armor-bearer: “Come, let us go over to that outpost of the uncircumcised. Perhaps the Lord will help us, because it is no more difficult for the Lord to grant victory by means of a few than it is by means of many.”

1 Samuel 17:47

All this multitude, too, shall learn that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves. For the battle belongs to the Lord, who shall deliver you into our hands.”