Quotes About Perseverance

“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.

But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

She has said, ëPlease let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.í So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.

“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”

He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,