Bible on Strength

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.