Cross references

Psalm 33:17

A horse is a vain hope for salvation;

even its great strength cannot save.

Psalm 33:17 BSB

Psalm 33:17 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 21:31 (11 votes) and Psalm 20:7 (9 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Deuteronomy 20 to Nahum 3.

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Which verses does Psalm 33:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.

  2. Psalm 20:79 votes

    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

  3. He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  4. Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? …

  5. “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

  6. Hosea 14:33 votes

    Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

  7. And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

  8. For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.” Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

  9. 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 the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

Which verses point to Psalm 33:17?

The 10 strongest of 27.