Quotes About Struggle

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

Because the LORD had closed Hannahís womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.

The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

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.

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

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!”

That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

Saulís servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.

The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was Davidís enemy.

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.

They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

Davidís two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

ëWho are you?í he asked. So I told him, ëI am an Amalekite.í