Judg 7:13-23, 15:14-16, 1Sa 17:45-50, Psa 110:2, 2Cor 3:5, 4:7, 13:3-4 | ESV | STEP | When Gideon came , behold , a man was telling a dream to his comrade . And he said , Behold , I dreamed a dream , and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down , so that the tent lay flat .

13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.” 14 And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”

15 As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand.” 16 And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with ^atorches inside the jars. 17 And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, ^b‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”

Gideon Defeats Midian

19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. ^cAnd they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 Every man stood in his place around the camp, ^dand all the army ran. They cried out and fled. 22 ^eWhen they blew the 300 trumpets, ^fthe Lord set ^gevery man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts Zeredah} as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.

Judges 15:14-16

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. ⁱThen the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands. 15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, ^jand with it he struck 1,000 men. 16 And Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,
heaps upon heaps,
with the jawbone of a donkey
have I struck down a thousand men.”

1 Samuel 17:45-50

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with ^ka javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, ^lwhom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. ^mAnd I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day ⁿto the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, ^othat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that ^pthe Lord saves not with sword and spear. ^qFor the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

48 When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.

Psalms 110:2

2 The Lord sends forth ^rfrom Zion
^syour mighty scepter.
^tRule in the midst of your enemies!

2 Corinthians 3:5

5 ^uNot that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but ^vour sufficiency is from God,

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in ^wjars of clay, ^xto show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

2 Corinthians 13:3-4

3 since you seek proof that Christ ^yis speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but ^zis powerful among you. 4 For ^aahe was crucified in weakness, but ^ablives by the power of God. For ^acwe also are weak in him, but in dealing with you ^adwe will live with him by the power of God.