16 Bible Verses about Limitations Of Strength
Most Relevant Verses
"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own might is their god!"
lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Behold, the days are 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 hands too strong for him.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.
Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;