'Power' in the Bible

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

"And now may the LORD God arise, to your place of rest, you, and the ark of your power! Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and cause your godly ones to find their joy in what is good.

So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him.

King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king and reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

Jeroboam no longer retained his power during Abijah’s reign; ultimately, the Lord struck him and he died.

Abijah's power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

Jehoshaphat's power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

"LORD God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven, are you not? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, don't you? In your own hands you grasp both strength and power, don't you? As a result, no one can oppose you, can they? You are our God, who expelled the former inhabitants of this land right in front of our people Israel, aren't you? Then you gave it to your friend Abraham's descendant forever, didn't you?

O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee are our eyes.'

and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained power to go unto Tarshish.

And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, "Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?"

The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

Jotham grew in power because he had determined to live his life in the presence of the LORD his God.

Therefore the Lord his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.

And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the power of the king of Assyria”?

“‘Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have any of the national gods of the lands been able to deliver their land from my power?

Who among all the gods of these nations that my predecessors completely destroyed was able to deliver his people from my power, that your God should be able to do the same for you?

So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my power or the power of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my power!’”

He also wrote letters to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying against Him:Just like the national gods of the lands that did not deliver their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not deliver His people from my power.

So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from the power of all others. He gave them rest on every side.

Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon those who survived the executions, and they served him and his descendants until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.

We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river.

Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God, and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

but the people are many, and it is the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.

Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

And Judah saith, 'The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish is abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

So You handed them over to their enemies,who oppressed them.In their time of distress, they cried out to You,and You heard from heaven.In Your abundant compassionYou gave them deliverers, who rescued themfrom the power of their enemies.

But as soon as they had relief,they again did what was evil in Your sight.So You abandoned them to the power of their enemies,who dominated them.When they cried out to You again,You heard from heaven and rescued themmany times in Your compassion.

“Yet You were patient with them for many years,And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;Still they would not listen.Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.

But now its abundant produce belongs to the kings whom you placed over us because of our sin. They also have power over our bodies and our herds at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full power and authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

So he delivers from the sword of their mouth the poor from the power of the mighty.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

that He would decide to crush me,to unleash His power and cut me off!

What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?

or “Deliver me from the enemy’s power”or “Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless”?

“If your sons sinned against Him,Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who doth convene me?

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

If I am proud, You hunt me like a lionand again display Your miraculous power against me.

The tents of robbers are safe,and those who provoke God are secure;God’s power provides this.

"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

True wisdom and power belong to Him.The deceived and the deceiver are His.

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

In the fullness of his excess {he will be in distress}; all of misery's power will come [upon] him.

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

“But the land is possessed by the man with power,And the favored and honorable man dwells in it.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

I will teach you about God’s power.I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

“For it will hurl at him without sparing;He will surely try to flee from its power.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.

By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart.

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

"Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck [with] a mane?

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

Look at the strength of his loinsand the power in the muscles of his belly.

“He is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God;[Only] He who made him can bring near His sword [to master him].