1 Samuel 17:44

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

Cross-reference

1 Samuel 17:46 is David's reply — he reverses Goliath's threat, promising to give Philistine flesh to the birds.

1 Kings 20:11 warns against boasting before victory — directly opposite Goliath's proud challenge, exposing its folly.

Proverbs 18:12 states that haughtiness precedes destruction — Goliath's pride before his fall perfectly illustrates this.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 says the battle is not to the strong — Goliath's defeat confirms this truth about God's sovereignty.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 describes sudden calamity like a snare — Goliath's unexpected death fits this pattern of man's ignorance of his time.

Ezekiel 39:17-20 uses the same 'birds and beasts' imagery for divine judgment — Goliath's threat is turned against him.

Genesis 40:19 foretells birds eating the baker's flesh — Goliath's threat echoes that same gruesome fate.

Deuteronomy 28:26 is the covenant curse of bodies left for birds and beasts — Goliath's threat mirrors that curse.

Proverbs 30:17 directly warns that mocking eyes will be pecked out by ravens — the same imagery of birds devouring the arrogant mocker.

Jeremiah 34:20 uses the identical phrase: dead bodies as food for birds and beasts — a divine judgment echoing Goliath's threat.

Ezekiel 29:5 pronounces judgment on Egypt: left as food for birds and beasts — same fate Goliath threatened.

Ezekiel 32:4 depicts birds settling on the slain and beasts satisfied — a vivid parallel to Goliath's threat.

Revelation 19:18 invites birds to eat the flesh of God's enemies — a reversal where the mocker becomes the meal.

In 1 Kings 20:10, Ben-hadad makes a grandiose threat similar to Goliath's — both boast of overwhelming victory.

Jeremiah 9:23 warns against boasting in might — Goliath's boast here is the very pride condemned.

Ezekiel 28:2 rebukes prideful self-exaltation — Goliath's boast mirrors that same arrogant spirit.