1 Samuel 2:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

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  • Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, 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, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall 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 carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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