45 Bible Verses about Strength, Human

And there went forth a man of the sons of the camp of the rovers, Goliah his name, from Gath; his height six cubits and a span. And a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail of scales he put on; and the weight of the coat of mail five thousand shekels of brass. And brass fronts upon his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.read more.
And the arrow of his spear as the beam of weavers, and the flame of his spear, six hundred shekels of iron. And he lifting up a shield went before him. And he will stand and call to the ranks of Israel, and say to them, Wherefore will ye come forth to arrange the battle? am not I of the rovers, and ye servants to Saul? select to yourselves a man, and he shall come down to me. If he shall be able to war with me and strike me, and we were to you for servants: and if I shall be able against him and strike him, and ye were to us for servants, and ye served us. And he of the rovers will say, I upbraided the ranks of Israel this day; ye shall give to me a man and we will fight together.

And the men who went with him said, We shall not be able to go up against the people, for they are strong above us. And they will bring forth slander of the land which they searched it out to the sons of Israel, saying, The land which we passed through upon it, to search it out, is a land consuming those dwelling upon it: and all the people which we saw in the midst of it, men being long. And there we saw the giants, sons of Anak, from the giants: and we were in our eyes as the locusts, and so were we in their eyes.

And since the Jews ask a sign, and the Greeks seek wisdom:

And having taken him, they brought upon Mars' hill, saying, Can we know what this new teaching is, spoken by thee? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we wish therefore to know what these things may be. (And all the Athenians and strangers being present, passed time in nothing else but to say or hear some thing new.)

See ye lest any be carrying you off by philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

These in chariots, and these in horses: and in the name of Jehovah our God will we remember.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be strong in the earth. He was a strong taker of prey before the face of Jehovah; for this he will say, As Nimrod the strong hunter before the face of Jehovah. And the beginning of his kingdom shall be Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.read more.
From that land shall come forth Asshur, and shall build Nineveh, and the city Reheboth, and Calah, And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this a great city.

The king was not saved by much strength: the strong one will not be delivered by much power.

Wo to those going down to Egypt for help; and they will look upon horses, and trust upon chariots, because they are many; and upon horsemen because they were strong greatly; and they looked not upon the Holy One of Israel, and sought not Jehovah.

Lest Hezekiah shall stimulate you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Did each of the gods of the nations deliver his land from the hand of the king of Assur? Where the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim? and when have they delivered Shomeron from my hand? Who among all the gods of these lands who delivered their land from my hand, that Jehovah will deliver Jerusalem from my hand?

They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.

Wherefore wilt thou boast in the valleys, thy valley flowing away, O daughter turning away? trusting in her treasures, Who shall come to me?

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened.

To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

For the foolish thing of God is wiser than men; and the weak thing of God is stronger than men.

Be strong and be firm ye shall not fear and ye shall not be terrified-from the face of the king of Assur, and from before all the multitude which are with him: for with us much more than with him. With him an arm of flesh; and with us Jehovah our God to help, and to war our wars. And the people will lean upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

For not in his dying shall he take anything: his honor shall not go down after him.

Ye shall not trust in nobles: in the son of man, to him no salvation.

Wo to sons turning aside, says Jehovah, to make counsel and not from me; and to cover a covering, and not my spirit so as to add sin upon sin: Going to come down to Egypt, and my mouth they asked not; to be strengthened by the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt And the strength of Pharaoh was to you for shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt for reproach.

And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?

For it has been written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the intelligent. Where the wise? where the scribe? where the seekers together of this life has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

But we speak wisdom among the perfected: and the wisdom not of this life, nor of the rulers of this life, they being left unemployed:

For we brought nothing into the world, it is manifest that neither are we able to carry anything out.

For the sun sprang up with heat, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell out, and the decorum of its face was destroyed: so also shall the rich be dried up in his goings.

And they will say, Come, we will build to us a city, and a tower, its head to the heavens; and we will make to us a name, lest we shall be dispersed over the face of the earth.

And he of the rovers going, went and drew near to David; and the man lifting up the shield before him. And he of the rovers will look and will see David, and he will despise him, for he was a boy, and red, with a fair aspect. And he of the rovers will say to David, Am I a dog that thou camnest to me with rods? and he of the rovers will curse David by his gods.read more.
And he of the rovers will say to David, Come to me and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the cattle of the field.

To the overseer instruction to David: In the coming of Doeg the Edomite to Saul, and he will say to him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why wilt thou boast in evil, thou strong one? the mercy of God is all the day.

And now, become surety now, to my lord the king of Assur, and I will give to thee two thousand horses if thou shalt be able to give to thee riders upon them. And how wilt thou turn back the face of one prefect of the servants of my lord, the smallest of them, aid trust for thee upon Egypt for chariot and for horsemen I

The king answered and said, Is not this great Babel, that I built it for the house of the kingdom by the strength of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

And he spake to certain trusting upon themselves that they were just, and setting at nought the rest, this parable: Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.read more.
I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess.

For neither they being circumcised themselves observe the law; but they wish you to be circumcised, that they might boast in your flesh.

For we are the circumcision, serving God in spirit, and boasting in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in the flesh.

Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.

And Lamech will say his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, and give ear to my word: for I killed a man to my wound, and a son to my cutting. If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, also Lamech seventy and seven.

And they will set over them leaders of the tributes in order to afflict them in their burdens. And they will build cities of stores for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses And as they will afflict them, so they will multiply and will increase. And they will feel disgust from the face of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression.read more.
And they will embitter their lives by hard work in clay, and in bricks, and in all work in the field: all their work in which they made them serve by oppression.

And the urgers on of the people will go forth, and the scribes, and they will speak to the people, saying, Thus said Pharaoh, I gave you not straw. Go ye, take straw for yourselves, from where ye shall find it; for not a word shall be taken away from your works. And the people will be dispersed in all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.read more.
And the urgers on will hasten them, saying, Complete your work; the word of a day, in its day, as in there being straw. And the scribes of the sons of Israel will be beaten, which Pharaoh's urgers on set over them, saying, Wherefore did ye not complete your allowance of brick as yesterday and the third day, also yesterday, also this day?

And the hand of Midian will be strong upon Israel: from the face of Midian the sons of Israel made to them clefts which are in the mountains, and caves and fastnesses.

The unjust let loose the sword, and they bent their bow; they cast down the poor and needy, to slaughter the upright of way.

For I was envious at the foolish; I shall see the peace of the unjust For not the pains to their death, and their body fat They are not in the trouble of men, and with man they shall not be struck.read more.
For this, pride surrounded them as a neck-chain; the dress of violence will cover to them. Their eye will come forth from fat: they passed over the imaginations of the heart They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation.

Wo to those touching house upon house, they will bring near field upon field, till no more place, and ye dwelt yourselves alone in the midst of the earth.

Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter. Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.

And Benaiah son of Jehoida, son of a living man great of works, from Kabzeel, he struck two lions of god of Moab: and he went down and struck a lion in the midst of a well in the day of snow.

Benaiah son of Jehoida, son of a man of power, great of deeds, from Kabzeel, he struck two lions of god of Moab: and he went down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit in the day of snow.

And Abishai, brother of Joab, he was head of the three: and he lifted up his spear against three hundred; he wounded, and to a name among the three. Of the three, above the two he was honored; and will be to them for chief: and even to the three he came not

And what more do I say? for the time will fail me recounting of Gedeon, Barak, and also Samson and Jephthae; David also, and Samuel, and the prophets: Who by faith subdued kingdoms, wrought justice, attained the promises, shut up the mouths of lions, Quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were strengthened from weakness, were strong in war, turned away the armies of strangers.