1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Cross References (30)

  • Psalms 121:3 (13)

    He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

  • Psalms 91:11–12 (13)

    For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

  • Psalms 33:16–17 (12)

    No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

  • 1 Peter 1:5 (9)

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Psalms 37:28 (7)

    For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked

  • Psalms 94:18 (7)

    If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

  • Zechariah 4:6 (7)

    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LOR

  • Psalms 97:10 (7)

    Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

  • Job 5:24 (7)

    You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

  • Deuteronomy 33:3 (6)

    Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words

  • Psalms 37:23–24 (4)

    The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

  • Psalms 121:8 (4)

    The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

  • Proverbs 16:9 (4)

    A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

  • 2 Peter 2:17 (3)

    These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:11 (3)

    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to

  • Matthew 8:12 (3)

    But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  • Zephaniah 1:15 (3)

    That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness a

  • Proverbs 3:26 (3)

    for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.

  • Psalms 121:5 (2)

    The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:17 (2)

    Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

  • Proverbs 2:8 (2)

    to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

  • 1 Samuel 17:49–50 (2)

    Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank

  • Jude 1:3 (1)

    Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urg

  • Jeremiah 9:23 (1)

    This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt

  • Jude 1:1 (1)

    Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Je

  • Matthew 22:12–13 (0)

    ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

  • Job 5:16 (0)

    So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Romans 3:19 (0)

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and

  • Jude 1:13 (0)

    They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserve

  • Jeremiah 8:14 (0)

    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our Go