'Strength' in the Bible

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him.

Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.

and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.

God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. He shall consume the nations his enemies, and break their bones, and with his arrows shall smite them in pieces.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.

I am still this day strong, as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.

Then Zebah and Zalmun'na said, "Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmun'na; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.

And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies."

And he told her all his mind, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; in the heavens will he thunder upon them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

And now, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy bondmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy gathered strength; and the people increased continually with Absalom.

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Thou sayest but it is a word of the lips There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;

Majesty and splendour are before him; Strength and gladness in his place.

Give unto Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Give unto Jehovah glory and strength!

All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, were sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness.

And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.

And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding:

Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

The God who girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect,

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; he answereth him from the heavens of his holiness, with the saving strength of his right hand.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

{A Psalm of David.} Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.

For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.} God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength belongeth unto God.

Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power;

Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries, the God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.

He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;

And gave his strength into captivity, and his glory into the hand of the oppressor;

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.} Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, they, in whose heart are the highways.

They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.