1 Samuel 2:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:15 : 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde: he breaketh the bowe, & knappeth the speare in sunder, and burneth the charettes in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe: the shielde, the sworde, and the battayle. Selah.
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 Quenched the violence of fyre, escaped the edge of the sworde, out of weakenesse were made strong, wared valiant in fyght, turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 That when I withdrawe my hand, ye come not among the prysoners, nor lye among the dead? After all this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse, but yet is his hande stretched out styll.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had slayne the whole hoast of the Chaldees that besiege you, and that none remayned of them but wounded men, yet shoulde they stande vp and set fire vpon this citie.
  • 2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken therin. We are cast downe, but we perisshe not. 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse. Most gladly therfore, I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities, that the power of Christ myght dwell in me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stande therfore, hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth, and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all thynges through Christe, which strengtheneth me.

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  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.

    15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9 He strengthneth the destroyer against the mightie, & the destroyer shall come against the fortresse.

  • 2 Sam 22:35
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  • Ps 18:34
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    34 He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele.

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    15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken.

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    25 When he goeth the mightie are afraide, and feare troubleth them.

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    27 O how are the mightie ouerthrowen, and the weapons of warre destroyed?

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    21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

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  • Amos 2:14-16
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    14 Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.

    15 Nor he that handleth the bowe shall stande, nor he that is swift of foote shall escape, neither shall he that rydeth the horse, saue his life.

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  • Isa 5:15
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    3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe: the shielde, the sworde, and the battayle. Selah.

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    39 Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me.

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    3 And therfore strength the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees.

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