Amos 2:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;

Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Jeremiah 25:35

Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.

Jeremiah 39:4

When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the King’s Garden through the gate between the two walls, and they went toward the Arabah.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Amos 5:9

who makes destruction flash out against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.