'Resistance' in the Bible

“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.

By patience and a calm spirit a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft and gentle tongue breaks the bone [of resistance].

This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab [when Moab’s pride and resistance to God were first known].

“Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?

You who [self-confidently] rejoice in Lo-debar (Nothing),Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?”

And Saul said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He answered, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew dialect (Jewish Aramaic) saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick [repeatedly] against the goads [offering pointless resistance].’

No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.