1 Samuel 2:9 · KJV
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.”
— 1 Samuel 2:9
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set {them} among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth {are} the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 2 — Context
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set {them} among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth {are} the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
Cross References
Psalms 91:11-12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalms 33:16-17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle {shall be} in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. {thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle} {sin: or, err}
Psalms 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This {is} the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. {might: or, army}
Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.