'Powerful' in the Bible

The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful man on earth.

He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.”

Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,

and terror and dread will fall on them.They will be as still as a stonebecause of Your powerful armuntil Your people pass by, Lord,until the people whom You purchased pass by.

Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you—

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

“The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day.

The elders and all the people who were at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

David became more and more powerful, and the Lord God of Hosts was with him.

He rescued me from my powerful enemyand from those who hated me,for they were too strong for me.

David steadily grew more powerful, and the Lord of Hosts was with him.

The Ammonites gave Uzziah tribute money, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.

Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.

and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by Yahweh my God, and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

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

All of his powerful and magnificent accomplishments and the detailed account of Mordecai’s great rank to which the king had honored him, have they not been written in the Historical Records of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

He saves the needy from their sharp wordsand from the clutches of the powerful.

God is wise and all-powerful.Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?

His powerful stride is shortened,and his own schemes trip him up.

Why do the wicked continue to live,growing old and becoming powerful?

while the land belonged to a powerful manand an influential man lived on it.

He rescued me from my powerful enemyand from those who hated me,for they were too strong for me.

But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;many hate me for no reason.

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.Powerful men attack me,but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!

Those who hate me without causeare more numerous than the hairs of my head;my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,are powerful.Though I did not steal, I must repay.

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.

You have a mighty arm;Your hand is powerful;Your right hand is lifted high.

His descendants will be powerful in the land;the generation of the upright will be blessed.

lightning and hail, snow and cloud,powerful wind that executes His command,

Praise Him for His powerful acts;praise Him for His abundant greatness.

Casting the lot ends quarrelsand separates powerful opponents.

sends couriers by sea,in reed vessels on the waters.Go, swift messengers,to a nation tall and smooth-skinned,to a people feared far and near,a powerful nation with a strange language,whose land is divided by rivers.

At that time a gift will be brought to Yahweh of Hosts from a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts.

Who is this coming from Edomin crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—this One who is splendid in His apparel,rising up proudly in His great might?It is I, proclaiming vindication,powerful to save.

I will go to the powerfuland speak to them.Surely they know the way of the Lord,the justice of their God.However, these also had broken the yokeand torn off the chains.

Like a cage full of birds,so their houses are full of deceit.Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Then they will lament for you and say of you:How you have perished, city of renown,you who were populated from the seas!She who was powerful on the sea,she and all of her inhabitantsinflicted their terror.

The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any diviner-priest, medium, or Chaldean.

Then the male goat became very great, but when he became powerful, the large horn was shattered. Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

His power will be great,but it will not be his own.He will cause terrible destructionand succeed in whatever he does.He will destroy the powerfulalong with the holy people.

“The king of the South will grow powerful, but one of his commanders will grow more powerful and will rule a kingdom greater than his.

“With a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South. The king of the South will prepare for battle with an extremely large and powerful army, but he will not succeed, because plots will be made against him.

For a nation has invaded My land,powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and it has the fangs of a lioness.

The Lord raises His voicein the presence of His army.His camp is very large;Those who carry out His command are powerful.Indeed, the Day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful—who can endure it?

Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:the official and the judge demand a bribe;when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,they plot it together.

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

“What things?” He asked them.So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

A Jew named Apollos, a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was powerful in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus.

and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.

Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments

For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you.

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.