18 occurrences

'Stronger' in the Bible

And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWeak Animals

But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofBad Decision Making ExamplesStrong NationsUnable To Expel

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Reign OfHousesWarfare, Examples OfWarfare, Nature OfWeakness, PhysicalStrong IndividualsWithout StrengthCivil WarWarBattle

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofRape

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Verse ConceptsReligionSuperstitionServing One's Own Godssyria

and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

Verse ConceptsProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPersevering To The EndMoving On

And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalGod Strengthening Peoplefruitfulness

Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

Verse ConceptsRescuePay Attention O God!Despairhelping

O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerRansomRedemption, In OtLimitations Of Strengthredeemed

but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Verse ConceptsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesGod Shows Loving KindnessLimitations Of StrengthStrong PeopleTying UpDividing The SpoilOvercoming

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Verse ConceptsProvokingGod Is Strong

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