25 occurrences

'Prevail' in the Bible

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Verse ConceptsdepthCovering The EarthWeights And Measures, LinearDepthingFloods

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

Verse ConceptsCoinageEnticementEnticingTying Up

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

Verse ConceptsAbilityFeetdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardsSaintsSilenceLimitations Of StrengthThe Outer DarknessFeet SecureOuter Darknesstoughness

If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

Verse ConceptsSubstitutionThose Subjected To People

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfSons Being A Blessingsaul

And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

Verse ConceptsLyingNames And Titles For SatanSpirit BeingsGod DeceivingEnticingStrong DelusionLying And Deceitlieing

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationBeggarsPower, God's SavingPower, HumanPrayer, As Asking GodSuccessProtection, From GodCrying To GodRelationship TroublesConflictTrust In RelationshipsBuilding Relationshipshelp

And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

Verse ConceptsDeceptionLying And Deceitlieing

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Verse ConceptsNamed WivesGod's TimingGods TimingGod's Timing And Plan

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingMan's Relation To God

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The WickedThe TongueOvercomingThe Power Of Words

Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Verse ConceptsFaultsA Forgiving GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Verse ConceptsCordsAn Overpowering PresencePlaitingTwo PeopleThreefoldknots

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelTimes Of People

And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionHigh Places

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAstrologyMagiciansSorcerymagic

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

Verse ConceptsGod With You To HelpGod With Specific PeopleNot DefeatedFighting One AnotherOvercomingProtection From EnemiesBattleEnemy AttacksOvercoming Obstacleslent

Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!

And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBronzeFigurative WallsThings Like BronzeGod With Specific PeopleGod Saves The NeedyGod Delivering From Evil

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him,'say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessPeace, Human Destruction OfPersecution, Forms OfSympathyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversWatching To EntrapDefamationDeceiving OneselfFear Will ComeFriends FailingMan AvengingUnder One's BreathRevengeterrorism

But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.

Verse ConceptsForts

And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Verse ConceptsProud People

Bible Theasaurus

Dominate (15 instances)
Endure (180 instances)
Obtain (93 instances)
Persist (16 instances)
Prevail (75 instances)
Triumph (72 instances)

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