61 Bible Verses about Strength
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The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
But I will sing of your power; yea, I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning: for you have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Trust in the LORD forever: for in the LORD GOD is everlasting strength:
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said,] I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: but you would not.
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent you?
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And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt, and I will commit your authority into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Strength
[To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A song upon alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Strength » The lord being strong
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
Trust in the LORD forever: for in the LORD GOD is everlasting strength:
Behold, God is mighty, and despises no one: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Strength » Being strong
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be men, be strong.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shall you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. read more.
Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Strength » Moral and spiritual promised
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
Strength » God, our
My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
[To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A song upon alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Strength » In weakness, promised
Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.
Strength » Who the lord strengthens
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength.
But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the descendant of Abraham my friend. You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from its chief men, and said unto you, you are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Strength » Physical
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, where your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to afflict you.
And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than they whom he slew in his life.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.
Strength » Who is strong
Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.
Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are counterfeits?
I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
For this thing I besought the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Strength » The strength of the lord
For this thing I besought the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the nations in derision. Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
Ascribe you strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Strength » Strength belonging to God
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you reign over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
Strength » Where strength is
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food? read more.
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding. Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Strength » What is strength
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Strength » Strong people
O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For you have made of a city a heap; of a fortified city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you.
Strength » What is better than strength
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Strength » What strengthens the wise
Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.
Strength » What has strength
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Strength » Whose strength is small
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Strength » Those that do not make God their strength
[To the Chief Musician, a maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually. Your tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. read more.
You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue. God shall likewise destroy you forever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Strength » What the mighty should not do
Thus says the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Strength » A title given to jehovah
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Topics on Strength
Bow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength
Psalm 44:6-7For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Courage And Strength
Psalm 31:24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.
faith and strength
Romans 5:4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Family Strength
Psalm 96:7Give unto the LORD, O you families of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Gifts Of Supernatural Strength
Judges 14:5-6Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
God Gives Strength
Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
God Giving Strength
Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
God Our Strength
Isaiah 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Guidance And Strength
Proverbs 24:5A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.
Her Strength
Proverbs 31:25Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Hope And Strength
Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
Limitations Of Strength
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Love And Strength
Luke 10:27And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
No Strength Left
Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
No Strength To Cope
Isaiah 37:3And they said unto him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children have come to birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Peace And Strength
Psalm 29:11The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
Strength And Faith
Romans 5:4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Strength And Love
Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Strength In Battle
Psalm 18:39For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Strength In Hard Times
2 Timothy 3:1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Strength Of Angels
Psalm 103:20Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Strength Of Animals
Genesis 30:41And it came to pass, when the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Strength Of God
1 Chronicles 16:28Give unto the LORD, you families of the peoples, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Strength Of People
Deuteronomy 31:6Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
Strength, Divine
Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are without excuse:
Strength, God Is Our
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Strength, Human
1 Samuel 17:4-10And there went a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Strength, Spiritual
Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Without Strength
Psalm 88:4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
Women's Strength
Proverbs 31:3Give not your strength unto women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.