Strength

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.

So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”

still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.

So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,

The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.

Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.

Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.

I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.

The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.

So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.

How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.

Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.