Bible on Strength

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.