16 Bible Verses about Limitations Of Strength
Most Relevant Verses
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by [his] might.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.
The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.
I looked again and saw under the sun that the race [does] not [belong] to the swift, the battle [does] not [belong] to the mighty, food [does] not [belong] to the wise, wealth [does] not [belong] to the intelligent, and success [does] not [belong] to the skillful, for time and chance befalls all of them.
So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.
Then they sweep [like the] wind and pass on; they become guilty, whose might [is] their god!"
lest strangers take [their] fill of your strength, and your labors [go] to the house of a foreigner,
Look, days [are] coming when I will cut off your {strength} and the {strength} of the house of your ancestor {so that no one in your house will live to old age}.
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and he has redeemed him from [the] hand of [the] person {stronger} than he.
"I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind [up] the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice."
And I will bring [the] worst of [the] nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end [the] pride of [the] mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.
Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong [man] [and] plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong [man], and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
But when a stronger man attacks him [and] conquers him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted and distributes his plunder.
Flight will perish from [the] swift and [the] strong person will not muster his strength and [the] warrior will not save his life.
