84 Bible Verses about Power

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.

For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating."

By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,

You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.

We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.

From the fruit of a person's mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?"

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating."

He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord's power and so you might always obey the Lord your God."

He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands, so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you.

For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."

So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.

For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

But he said to them, "Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations.

You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people. They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority. Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, read more.
"Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him. They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me -- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father -- and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. read more.
This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you -- just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!" So he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you. read more.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven."

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. read more.
In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it. A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children -- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

Oh, Lord God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!

Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!" (Selah) Come and witness God's exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome! read more.
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there! He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah)

The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.' The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says to give your masters this message. "I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.

Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy. (Now there were about twelve men in all.)

God's Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.

O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

"O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? -- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders? You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, "I believed; therefore I spoke," we also believe, therefore we also speak.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

"I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter's jar!'"

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!"

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well."

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them.

The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

But I am full of the courage that the Lord's Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.

Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?" Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God. So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment

Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.' Therefore prophesy, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. read more.
I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord -- I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.'"

Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

The Lord's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

The Lord's spirit empowered him and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive."

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied -- I heard a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, so that no one can boast in his presence.

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working." For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand. The Father and I are one."

for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him -- all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers -- all things were created through him and for him.

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

Then I heard every creature -- in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them -- singing: "To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!"

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!"

with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all.

You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!"

then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.

Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth.

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son."

"I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me.

to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Rise up, O Lord, in strength! We will sing and praise your power!

You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."

Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth." After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? "It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!"

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power, your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.

the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?"

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'

"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength -- who has resisted him and remained safe?

in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, "O Lord, my God, please let this boy's breath return to him." The Lord answered Elijah's prayer; the boy's breath returned to him and he lived.

Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." "No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left,

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.

They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand.

The Lord's shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly.

The Lord's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures,

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."

God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- then he said to the paralytic -- "Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home."

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

The magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel's hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming -- and is now here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

The one true God is my mighty refuge; he removes the obstacles in my way.

And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation."

The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'"

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches."

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once.

As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all."