1 Samuel 2:4

American Standard Version (1901)

The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {{Selah
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
  • 2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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