1 Samuel 2:4

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The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:15 : 15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.(Selah)
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”
  • 2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

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