Psalm 144:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Strong to labour

General references

Genesis 1:22

Amos 8:13

Bible References

Strong to labour

"The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.

And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'"

The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.

Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.

General references

And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

"In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.