12 occurrences

'Strength' in the Bible

A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfVoicesLabour PainsHaving No BreathFaintingJudged As Murderers

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanBraggingFalse WisdomBoasting In GodDrawbacks To Man's PowerSatisfied With RichesRichesBoastingSaving Moneystrenghwise

The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

Verse ConceptsFutilityAfflicted SaintsConversion, examples ofFalse GodsGod, The RockIdolatry, Objections ToUseless ThingsMission, Of IsraelRefugeesGod Being Our RefugeVanityGod Our StrengthThe Gospel To The NationsFamily Strength

For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguagedrynessPower, HumanCursingDry PlacesDrawbacks To Man's PowerSwearingAbuseadultry

And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsRulersBeing StrongBoldnessrisk

Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.

She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesAxesSnakesFelling TreesThings Like SnakesSound

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.

Verse ConceptsDisarmamentBreaking Weapons

Babylon's men of war have kept back from the fight, waiting in their strong places; their strength has given way, they have become like women: her houses have been put on fire, her locks are broken.

Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBabylonFortressesSkyThose Who DestroyGoing Up To HeavenSky, Figurative UseHer Strength

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