31 Bible Verses about muscles
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I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and I will put breath in you so that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”
“See now, his strength is in his loins
And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.
It will be health to your body [your marrow, your nerves, your sinews, your muscles—all your inner parts]
And refreshment (physical well-being) to your bones.
And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on the bones, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
‘[You have] clothed me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews.
He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,
Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
For my sides are filled with burning,
And there is no health in my flesh.
From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up in [unselfish] love.
And you will groan when your life is ending,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.
Therefore, to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh by the tendon of the hip.
For physical training is of some value, but godliness (spiritual training) is of value in everything and in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.
“When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand,
You broke and tore apart their hands;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and strained their backs.”
“Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.
“Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron tendon
And your brow is bronze [both unyielding],
For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain [to keep it from eating the grain].” Is it [only] for oxen that God cares?
But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil [undisciplined, unstable], full of deadly poison.
Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung (disabled) their horses and set fire to their chariots.
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I am going to hand over all of them slain [by the sword] to Israel; you shall hamstring (disable) their horses and set fire to their chariots.”
The glory of young men is their [physical] strength,
And the honor of aged men is their gray head [representing wisdom and experience].
David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers (infantrymen). David also hamstrung [nearly] all the chariot horses [to make them lame and useless], but left enough of them for 100 chariots.
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you believe in Me as Savior and believe in the saving power of My blood which will be shed for you], you do not have life in yourselves.
“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.
The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and desirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose and desired.
preaching and proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness and boldness, unhindered and unrestrained.
When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
When the Man saw that He had not prevailed against Jacob, He touched his hip joint; and Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with Him.
