Job 12:21

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

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

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

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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,

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.

Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

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

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—

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

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.”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

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

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’ ”

It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

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

the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

Yahweh of Armies says: “Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

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.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

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

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.

“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

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

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

For there is no partiality with God.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,

If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs.

They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken,

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

and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

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

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