Judges 7:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “The troops are still too many; take them down to the water, and I will sift them out for you there. When I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you, and when I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

Cross References

Psalm 33:16

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

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Judges 7:5

So he brought the troops down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon, “All those who lap the water with their tongues, as a dog laps, you shall put to one side; all those who kneel down to drink, putting their hands to their mouths, you shall put to the other side.”