2 Chronicles 13:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

See, God is with us at our head, and his priests have their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you cannot succeed.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:20

Then the spirit of God took possession of Zechariah son of the priest Jehoiada; he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says God: Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has also forsaken you.”

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

Job 40:9

Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Psalm 20:7

Some take pride in chariots and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 46:7

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to those who strive with their Maker, earthen vessels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”? or “Your work has no handles”?

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10

Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”

Jeremiah 2:37

From there also you will come away with your hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper through them.

Jeremiah 50:24

I set a snare for you, and you were caught, O Babylon, but you did not know it; you were discovered and seized because you challenged the Lord.

Ezekiel 17:9

Say: Thus says the Lord God: Will it prosper? Will he not pull up its roots, cause its fruit to rot and wither, its fresh sprouting leaves to fade? No strong arm or mighty army will be needed to pull it from its roots.

Zechariah 10:5

Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

Numbers 14:41

But Moses said, “Why do you continue to transgress the command of the Lord? That will not succeed.

Numbers 23:21

He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, acclaimed as a king among them.

Numbers 31:6

Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the alarm in his hand.

Acts 5:39

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!” They were convinced by him,

Romans 8:31

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Deuteronomy 20:4

for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’

Deuteronomy 28:29

you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way, and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.

Hebrews 2:10

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.