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The Lord said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, afor Israel would become boastful, saying, 'My own power has delivered me.'
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Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18
Deuteronomy 8
17
"Otherwise, ayou may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'
Deuteronomy 8
18
"But you shall remember the Lord your God, for ait is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.