And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took the power of the capital out of the hand of the Philistines.

The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

Wrought

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks.

Obtained

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.

For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

and since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I have given thee rest from all thine enemies; and Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.

But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.

Stopped

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?

But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.

Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

General references

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.

So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.

Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.