1 Samuel 2:4

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.

I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

“ ‘ “Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, and will make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they will make fires with them for seven years;

The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed, the smell of fire wasn’t even on them.

“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”

He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”

I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.

He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.

They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’ ”

For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.