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Deuteronomy 20:4

Deuteronomy 20:4 is verse 4 of Deuteronomy chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

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King James Version

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

World English Bible

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

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Deuteronomy 20:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,

3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

5 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt

Deuteronomy 3:22

Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

Deuteronomy 11:25

No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Exodus 14:14

The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Joshua 10:42

And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

Joshua 23:10

One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

2 Chronicles 13:12

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

2 Chronicles 32:7

“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalms 144:1

Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Psalms 144:2

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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