The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’" I Kings 20:11

There are not many wise sayings that came from the lips of Ahab, King of Israel, but this was one of them. It is similar to a saying of Paul in 2 Timothy 4:7-8, ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith…now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness…’ At this stage, Paul is at the point of ‘taking off his armor’.

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David replied, “No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against us. Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.” 1 Samuel 30:23-34

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“Joshua, it was forty-five years ago that the LORD told Moses to make Prayer Focus that promise, and now I am eighty-five. Even though Israel has moved from place to place in the desert, the LORD has kept me alive all this time as he said he would. I’m just as strong today as I was then, and I can still fight as well in battle. So I’m asking you for the hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You were there. You heard the other spies talk about that part of the hill country and the large, walled towns where the Anakim live. But maybe the LORD will help me take their land, just as he promised.” Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants. Joshua 14:10-13
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