Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Cross-reference
2 Samuel 22:34 is the near-verbatim source of Habakkuk's imagery, showing David's experience as background.
Psalm 18:1 declares 'LORD, my strength' — the same confession Habakkuk makes, linking his trust to David's.
Psalm 18:33 is identical to 2 Samuel 22:34, confirming this phrasing was a familiar expression of trust.
Deuteronomy 32:13 supplies the 'high places' and 'deer's feet' imagery that Habakkuk echoes in his closing declaration of trust.
Isaiah 12:2 also declares 'the LORD is my strength' and adds 'my song and my salvation,' expanding the theme of trust.
Isaiah 58:14 uses the same 'ride on heights' promise from Deuteronomy, reinforcing Habakkuk's theme of divine exaltation.
Jeremiah 16:19 calls God 'my strength and my fortress' — a direct verbal parallel to the opening declaration of Habakkuk 3:19.
Amos 4:13 says God 'treads the high places of the earth' — directly parallels the imagery of walking on high hills under God's power.
In Micah 1:3, the Lord treads on high places in judgment—a parallel image to God giving the prophet surefootedness on high hills, but with a contrasting tone.
2 Corinthians 12:9 presents strength perfected in weakness, contrasting Habakkuk's straightforward reliance on God's strength.
Psalm 46:1 calls God 'our refuge and strength' — echoing Habakkuk's declaration that the Sovereign LORD is his strength.
Psalm 27:1 affirms God as stronghold and salvation — a similar declaration of confidence in God's strength as in Habakkuk.
Zechariah 10:12 promises strengthening in the LORD and walking in his name, echoing the walking on high places.
2 Corinthians 12:10 reaffirms strength through weakness, paralleling the theme of divine enablement in weakness.
Ephesians 3:16 shifts focus to inner strengthening by the Spirit, a New Testament development of the same theme.
Philippians 4:13 universalizes strength for all things through Christ, expanding Habakkuk's specific context.
Colossians 1:11 ties strengthening to patience and joy, adding a purpose not in Habakkuk.