'Strength' in the Bible

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Who knows the strength of your anger, and your rage consistent with [the] fear due you?

Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's.

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

I will find strength in God, for he will trample on our foes. To the Director. A Davidic psalm.

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Thy people are free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

And the strength of Thy fearful acts they tell, And Thy greatness I recount.

Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;His understanding is infinite.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

He has raised up a source of strength for his people, an object of praise for all of his holy ones, that is, for the people of Israel who are near him. Hallelujah!

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.

Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise in the measure of his great strength.

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

And strangers will be filled with your strengthAnd your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength, and for his children, there will be refuge.

In the house of the righteous is abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit drains one's strength.

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

A brother who is offended [is worse] than a city of strength, and quarrels [are] like the bars of a fortification.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently];With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

“Many daughters have done nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness],But you excel them all.”

Wisdom given as strength to a wise person is better than having ten powerful men in the city.

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,a Spirit of counsel and strength,a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.

In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation.

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

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

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

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

For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for helpand who depend on horses!They trust in the abundance of chariotsand in the large number of horsemen.They do not look to the Holy One of Israeland they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for You.Be our strength every morningand our salvation in time of trouble.

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

You who are far off, hear what I have done;you who are near, know My strength.”

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.