Quotes About Strength

He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ëDid we not take Karnaim by our own strength?í

And I will make the lame into a remnant, and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!