16 Bible Verses about Limitations Of Strength
Most Relevant Verses
“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.
He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,
Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.
But I say that wisdom is better than strength, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.
“Then they will sweep by like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They [and all men] whose own power and strength is their god.”
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
And has redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bandage the crippled, and strengthen the weak and the sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hard-hearted and perverse]. I will feed them with judgment and punishment.
Therefore, I will bring the worst of the [Gentile] nations, and they will take possession of their houses [those of the people of Judah]; I will also silence their pride, and their holy places will be profaned.
Or how can anyone go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man? Then he will ransack and rob his house.
But no one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man, and then he will ransack and rob his house.
But when someone stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he robs him of all his armor on which he had relied and divides his [goods as] spoil.
“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],
And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,
Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
