1 Samuel 2:9

New Century Version

He protects those who are loyal to him, but evil people will be silenced in darkness. Power is not the key to success.

Cross References

Psalm 121:3

He will not let you be defeated. He who guards you never sleeps.

1 Peter 1:5

God’s power protects you through your faith until salvation is shown to you at the end of time.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he told me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord All-Powerful.

Psalm 97:10

People who love the Lord hate evil. The Lord watches over those who follow him and frees them from the power of the wicked.

Psalm 94:18

I said, “I am about to fall,” but, Lord, your love kept me safe.

Psalm 37:28

The Lord loves justice and will not leave those who worship him. He will always protect them, but the children of the wicked will die.

Job 5:24

You will know that your tent is safe, because you will check the things you own and find nothing missing.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The Lord surely loves his people and takes care of all those who belong to him. They bow down at his feet, and they are taught by him.

Proverbs 16:9

People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will guard you as you come and go, both now and forever.

2 Peter 2:17

Those false teachers are like springs without water and clouds blown by a storm. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them.

Matthew 8:12

But those people who should be in the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”

Zephaniah 1:15

That day will be a day of anger, a day of terror and trouble, a day of destruction and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw something else here on earth: The fastest runner does not always win the race, the strongest soldier does not always win the battle, the wisest does not always have food, the smartest does not always become wealthy, and the talented one does not always receive praise. Time and chance happen to everyone.

Proverbs 3:26

because the Lord will keep you safe. He will keep you from being trapped.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All they get are days full of sadness and sorrow, and they end up sick, defeated, and angry.

Proverbs 2:8

He makes sure that justice is done, and he protects those who are loyal to him.

Psalm 121:5

The Lord guards you. The Lord is the shade that protects you from the sun.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, tossing up their own shameful actions like foam. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, I wanted very much to write you about the salvation we all share. But I felt the need to write you about something else: I want to encourage you to fight hard for the faith that was given the holy people of God once and for all time.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. To all who have been called by God. God the Father loves you, and you have been kept safe in Jesus Christ:

Romans 3:19

We know that the law’s commands are for those who have the law. This stops all excuses and brings the whole world under God’s judgment,

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the Lord says: “The wise must not brag about their wisdom. The strong must not brag about their strength. The rich must not brag about their money.

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get together! We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink. Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities. The Lord our God has decided that we must die, so let’s die there.

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, while those who are unfair are silenced.

Numbers 6:24

“May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Psalm 31:17

Lord, I called to you, so do not let me be disgraced. Let the wicked be disgraced and lie silent in the grave.

Isaiah 27:3

“I, the Lord, will care for that vineyard; I will water it at the right time. No one will hurt it, because I will guard it day and night.

1 Samuel 25:26

The Lord has kept you from killing and punishing anyone. As surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, may your enemies become like Nabal!

Job 18:18

They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

Job 40:13

Bury them all in the dirt together; cover their faces in the grave.

Psalm 1:6

This is because the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed.

Psalm 105:37

Then he brought his people out, and they carried with them silver and gold. Not one of his people stumbled.

Psalm 145:20

The Lord protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.

Isaiah 47:5

“Babylon, sit in darkness and say nothing. You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Nahum 1:8

But like a rushing flood, he will completely destroy Nineveh; he will chase his enemies until he kills them.