1 Samuel 2:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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 chariot in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they 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] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
  • 2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5[They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • 17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

  • 9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • 35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • 34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

  • 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

  • 5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

  • 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

  • 15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

  • 25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

  • Nah 2:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1¶ He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.

    2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

  • 27How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

  • 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • 21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

  • 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I [am] strong.

  • 40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

  • Amos 2:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

    15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

    16And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

  • 8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

  • 15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

  • 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

  • 19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

  • 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, [and] the sceptre of the rulers.

  • 4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

  • 16Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

  • 3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  • 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • 17All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak [as] water.

  • 3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

  • Isa 40:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.

    30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

  • 22¶ A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • 4(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

  • 10He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • 4As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.

  • 14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise up.

  • 5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

  • 23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

  • 14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.

  • 32[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

  • 30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

  • 15Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

  • 5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.

  • 17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

  • 10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.