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No Weapon

By Fred Hammond

4 views Sep 23, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Fred Hammond builds this song almost entirely on one repeated declaration: the weapon may be formed, but it will not work. The lyric leans on Isaiah's promise that when the enemy rushes in like a flood, the Lord raises a standard against him, and it turns that promise into a congregational shout rather than a quiet reflection. Much of the song's energy comes from call-and-response — the leader tossing out a line and the people answering back, with spoken asides about standing together, holding hands high, and putting the devil on the run. The middle section shifts from defiance to confidence in God's character: He will do what He said He would do, He will stand by His word, He will come through. Later verses name real pressures — arrows by day, snares, lost jobs, unpaid bills, sickness on a bed of affliction, friends who talk behind your back — and answer each one with the same refrain. The outro turns the phrase into a counting game, asking how many weapons formed against you, with the reply that they're just a one. The closing spoken part explains why praise itself is the strategy: the outcome is already settled, so the believer claps and shouts from a place of victory rather than fear.
Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Verse]
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
It won't work
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
It won't work
When the enemy comes in like a flood
The Lord will lift up a standard against him
And he won't prosper, no, no, no, no, no
It won't work

[Chorus]
Say, no weapon
(If I could get somebody to stand with me tonight)
(And declare that no weapon formed against me)
(Is going to prosper, no weapon formed against your home)
(No weapon formed against your children, say)
It won't work
No weapon
Formed against me
Shall prosper
(It shall prosper)
(Hey, hey)

[Verse]
It won't work
'Cause I know God will do
What He said He would do
He will stand by His word
He will come through, say
God will do
What He said He would do
He will stand by His word
He will come through, say

[Chorus]
God will do
What He said He would do
(Come on, come on, sing with a loud voice)
(Put the devil on the run right now)
(He's not a man that He should lie)
He will come through
For I won't be afraid
Of the arrows by day
From the hands of my enemies
I can stand in my ground
With the Lord on my side
For the snares they have set
Will not succeed
No way
No way
(Come on, somebody say)

[Chorus]
No weapon
(Hey, hold your hands high)
Formed against me
(Lord, against me)
Shall prosper
(Let the devil know the sheep, that no weapon that he throws, I mean)
(In 1998, no matter what you bring my way)
(I'm going to stand on His word)
It won't work
No weapon
Formed against me
Shall prosper
(It shall prosper)
(Hey, hey)

[Bridge]
I know that God will do
(Said He would do it)
What He said He would do
(Just what He promised you)
He will stand by His word
(You can stand on His word today)
He will come through, say
God will do
(What He said He would do)
What He said He would do
(He'll stand by His word)
He will stand by His word
(He will come through, say)
He will come through

[Verse]
Don't be afraid
Of the arrows
Or the snares
Sent by your enemies
'Cause they ain't going to work, no, no, no, no
You better line on
Cheated
Talked about
Mis-cheated
But God has got your back
And He's going to hook you up
Oh, yeah
They're just a-one
(They're just a-one)
They're just a-one weapon
(They're just a-one)

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
He's a-yeah
How many is it, say?
(They're just a-one)
How many weapons formed against you?
(They're just a-one)
See, how many of them going to prosper?
(They're just a-one)
Say, how many of them going to get you, yeah?
(They're just a-one)
If you lose your job, say
(They're just a-one)
And you don't know how you're going to pay your bill
(They're just a-one)
Say, Lord, You never let me down before
(They're just a-one)
I know it looks tight right now
But I trust You
(They're just a-one)
If sickness takes your body
(They're just a-one)
And lays you out on your bed of affliction
(They're just a-one)
Say, by His stripes I am healed
(They're just a-one)
Right now
No matter what the symptoms say
(They're just a-one)
If your mother, father forsake you
(They're just a-one)
If your friends talk about you like a dirty dog
Oh, God
(They're just a-one)

No weapon
(It won't work)
It won't work
(It)
It
(It won't work)
Now, I praise the Lord like you're crazy
Let me tell you what
Because you're clapping your hands
And the devil is wreaking havoc in your home
This is dis-confuses the enemy
That's because you're not praising Him
Because what's going on
You're praising Him because you know the outcome is you win
You win
Because your Heavenly Father is getting ready to jump up in this
(It won't work)

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