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.