"Listen to us, sir. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial tombs. None of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."

My father might touch me and he'll realize that I'm deceiving him. Then, I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.

"I was afraid," Jacob replied. "I thought you might take your daughters from me.

After this, Judah told his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Go live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." But he was really thinking, ""otherwise, Shelah might die like his brothers." So Tamar left and lived in her father's house.

After all, how can I go back to my father if the young man doesn't accompany me? I'm afraid of what might happen to my father."

"I'm God, your father's God. Don't be afraid to move down to Egypt, because I'm going to turn you into a mighty nation there.

nevertheless his bow remained steady and his arms kept in shape by the strength of Jacob's Mighty One, in the name of the Shepherd, Israel's Rock,

"You blew with your breath, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water.

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I won't go up among you, because you are an obstinate people, and otherwise I might consume you along the way."

I'll break your mighty pride. I'll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze.

But Moses responded to the LORD, "When Egypt hears that you've brought this people out from among them with a mighty demonstration of power,

But still he replied, "No. You're not to pass through." Then Edom went out to meet Moses with a vast army and a lot of military might.

Meanwhile, stay here overnight so I may learn what the LORD might say to me."

"LORD God, you've begun to show your greatness and your strong power to your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can equal your works and mighty deeds?

Let me alone! I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I'll make you into a nation that will be mighty and more numerous than they are.'

But they are your people and inheritance, whom you brought out by your mighty strength and awesome power.'"

For the LORD your God is the God of all gods, the LORD of all lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show favoritism or take bribes.

"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but what has been revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, so that we might observe the words of this Law."

if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'"

At dusk, when it was time to close the city gates, the men left. I don't know where the men went. Go after them quickly, and you might overtake them."

So Joshua went up from Gilgal, along with his entire fighting force of mighty warriors with him.

only so that successive Israeli generations, who had not known war previously, might come to know it by experience.

so that the violence committed against the 70 sons of Jerubbaal might come back on their brother Abimelech, who murdered them, and so it might come back on the "lords" of Shechem, who provoked him to murder his brothers.

The Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he ripped the lion apart as one might dissect a young goat, even though he carried nothing in his hand. But he didn't tell his father and mother what he had done.

Meanwhile, some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room, waiting for her signal. So she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you!" But he snapped the cords as one might break a burned candle wick. So his secret remained undiscovered.

How terrible for us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert.

So may it please you to bless the household of your servant, so that it might remain forever in your presence, because you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and from your blessing may the household of your servant be blessed forever."

Then even men who would otherwise be as brave as lions will be scared, because every Israeli knows your father is a mighty man, and they know his men are valiant!

"From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

(for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple,

"Go out," he responded, "and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD." And there was the LORD, passing by! A tremendous, mighty windstorm was tearing at the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces in the presence of the LORD, but the LORD was not in the windstorm. After the wind there came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

So they concluded, "This must be blood! The kings must have had one mighty big fight and each man killed the other! So let's go get the battle spoil, Moab!"

Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly favored, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Though he was a mighty and valiant man, he was suffering from leprosy.

"You are not to fear other gods, bow down to them, serve them, or sacrifice to them. Instead, it is to be the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, showing great power and public demonstrations of might, whom you are to fear, worship, and to whom you are to offer sacrifice.

""Of course, you might tell me, "We rely on the LORD our God!" But isn't it he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has demolished, all the while telling Jerusalem, "You're to worship in front of this altar in Jerusalem?"'

Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums, the necromancers, the household gods, the idols, and every despicable thing that could be seen in the territory of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might confirm the words of the Law that had been written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the LORD's Temple.

These were the leaders of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel they were mighty warriors, well known men, and leaders of their clans.

All of these were men of Asher, leaders of ancestral households, choice valiant mighty warriors, and chiefs among princes. Their enrolled genealogies for battle conscription totaled 26,000 men.

Mighty and experienced warriors from the descendants of Gad joined David at his wilderness stronghold. They were expert handlers of both shield and spear, with hardened looks and as agile as a gazelle on a mountain slope.

David and all of Israel were dancing in the presence of God with all of their might with songs, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Furthermore, his son Shemaiah had sons born to him who wielded authority in their ancestral households, since they were mighty men of valor.

"From the day I brought out my people from the land of Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. And I never chose any man to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel.

"Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power, when they come and pray in the direction of this Temple,

The king would not listen to the people because the turn of events was from God, so that the LORD might fulfill his prediction that he spoke through Nebat's son Ahijah the Shilonite.

Everybody in Judah was very glad to make their oath, because they had made their vow with all their heart and had sought him with all of their might, and they found him! The LORD also gave them rest in their surrounding lands.

Later on, envoys came from the princes of Babylon to inquire about the miracle that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah to himself, so that he might make known what was really in Hezekiah's heart.

And may the God who causes his Name to rest there destroy any king or people who might attempt to destroy this Temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be carried out quickly.

and who showed gracious love to me before the king, before his advisors, and before all of the king's mighty officials. And I was strengthened because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me. So I gathered together the leaders of Israel to go with me.

because I was ashamed to ask the king for a contingent of soldiers and cavalry to protect us from enemies we might encounter on the way. After all, we had told the king, "The hand of our God seeks the good of all who seek him, but his power and anger are against everyone who forsakes him."

Though now, for a moment, grace has been shown from the LORD our God, leaving a few survivors to escape, and providing us a secure hold in his Holy Place, so that our God might enlighten us and give us relief from our servitude.

"Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and gracious love, don't let all of the difficulties seem trifling to you, all of hardships that have come upon us, upon our kings, upon our leaders, upon our priests, upon our prophets, upon our ancestors, and upon all of your people from the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.

along with their relatives, 128 mighty, valiant men, and their overseer Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.

So he delivers from the sword of their mouth the poor from the power of the mighty.

He pours contempt on nobles and embarrasses the mighty.

Attack follows attack as he breaks through my defenses! He runs over me like a mighty warrior.

Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we've heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?"

You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

"Indeed God is mighty and he doesn't show disrespect; he is mighty and strong of heart.

Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

but she forgets that a foot might crush them or any wild animal might trample them.

"I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame.

When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about.

Sing praises to the LORD who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the nations.

The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.

Who is the King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.

A king is not saved by a large army; a mighty soldier is not delivered by his great strength.

Then I will give you thanks in front of the great congregation; in the midst of the mighty throng I will praise you.

Strap your sword to your side, mighty warrior, along with your honor and majesty.

Come, observe the mighty works of the LORD, who causes desolation in the earth.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

to the one who rides the heavens, the ancient heavens. Behold! He thunders with a mighty voice.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

Lord GOD, I will come in the power of your mighty acts, remembering your righteousness yours alone.

Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one.

God, you are the one performing awesome deeds. You reveal your might among the nations.

Your way was through the sea, and your path through mighty waters, but your footprints cannot be traced.

We will not withhold them from their descendants; we'll declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD his might and awesome deeds that he has performed.

He stirred up the east wind in the heavens and drove the south wind by his might.

He brought the people to the border of his holy mountain, which he acquired by his might.

Then he sent his might into captivity and his glory into the control of the adversary.

The LORD awoke as though from sleep, like a mighty warrior stimulated by wine.

Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches.

I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without strength,

LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, who is as mighty as you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

Your arm is strong; your hand is mighty; indeed, your right hand is victorious.

Splendor and majesty are before him; might and beauty are in his sanctuary.

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

Bless the LORD, you angels who belong to him, you mighty warriors who carry out his commands, who are obedient to the sound of his words.

so they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

Who can fully describe the mighty acts of the LORD or proclaim all his praises?

When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.

He revealed his mighty deeds to his people by giving them a country of their own.

how he swore an oath to the LORD, vowing to the Mighty One of Jacob,

until I locate a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.

One generation will acclaim your works to another and will describe your mighty actions.

People will speak about the might of your great deeds, and I will announce your greatness.