'Sustain' in the Bible
Get up, help the boy up, and support him, for I will make him a great nation.”
There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’
“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.
Is this how you repay the Lord,you foolish and senseless people?Isn’t He your Father and Creator?Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
May He send you help from the sanctuaryand sustain you from Zion.
The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;You will heal him on the bed where he lies.
Sustain me as You promised, and I will live;do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me so that I can be safeand always be concerned about Your statutes.
Sustain me with raisins;refresh me with apricots,for I am lovesick.
The dominion will be vast,and its prosperity will never end.He will reign on the throne of Davidand over his kingdom,to establish and sustain itwith justice and righteousness from now on and forever.The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.
The Lord God has given Methe tongue of those who are instructedto know how to sustain the weary with a word.He awakens Me each morning;He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed.
Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them,and the new wine will fail them.
I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.
Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.
do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.