Isaiah 35:3

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Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 12:12 : 12 Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands. 4 Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.
  • Job 16:5 : 5 But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 The Lord Returns to Jerusalem“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”
  • Isa 52:1-2 : 1 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you. 2 Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!
  • Isa 57:14-16 : 14 He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!” 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged. 16 For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • Luke 22:43 : 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
  • Acts 18:23 : 23 After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
  • Judg 7:11 : 11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

  • Isa 35:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4Tell those who panic,“Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”

    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

    6Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.

  • Job 4:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands.

    4Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

    5But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

  • Ezek 7:17
    77%

    17All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.

  • Zeph 3:16
    75%

    16On that day they will say to Jerusalem,“Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

  • Neh 6:9
    74%

    9All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing,“Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands!

  • 2 Chr 15:7
    73%

    7But as for you, be strong and don’t get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

  • Isa 40:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

    30Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.

    31But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

  • Isa 41:10
    73%

    10Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

  • Ezek 21:7
    73%

    7When they ask you,‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply,‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ Pay attention– it is coming and it will happen, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • Isa 35:2
    73%

    2Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

  • Isa 40:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”

    10Look, the Sovereign LORD comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

  • Joel 3:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat Proclaim this among the nations:“Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack!

    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say,‘I too am a warrior!’

  • Zech 10:12
    72%

    12Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the LORD.

  • Isa 13:7
    72%

    7For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.

  • Hab 3:19
    71%

    19The sovereign LORD is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

  • Prov 3:8
    71%

    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Isa 66:14
    71%

    14When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.

  • Isa 41:13
    71%

    13For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

  • Zech 8:13
    71%

    13And it will come about that just as you(both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!’

  • Isa 25:3
    70%

    3So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you.

  • 1 Sam 2:4
    70%

    4The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumbled have taken on strength.

  • Isa 40:1
    70%

    1The Lord Returns to Jerusalem“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

  • Ps 31:24
    70%

    24Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the LORD!

  • Zech 8:9
    70%

    9“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says,‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that the temple might be built.

  • Ps 68:28
    70%

    28God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power.

  • Nah 2:1
    70%

    1Proclamation of the Destruction of Nineveh(2:2)“An enemy who will scatter you, Nineveh, has advanced against you!”“Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!”

  • Prov 3:26
    69%

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • Isa 55:12
    69%

    12Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

  • Prov 24:10
    69%

    10You have slacked off in the day of trouble– your strength is small!

  • Jer 47:3
    69%

    3Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.

  • Ps 89:13
    69%

    13Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

  • Isa 40:4
    69%

    4Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

  • Amos 5:9
    69%

    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Ps 27:14
    69%

    14Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!

  • Ps 18:32
    69%

    32The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.

  • Hag 2:4
    69%

    4“Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,” decrees the LORD.“Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And take heart all you citizens of the land,” decrees the LORD,“and begin to work. For I am with you,” decrees the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Jer 6:24
    69%

    24The people cry out,“We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

  • Jer 1:17
    69%

    17“But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.

  • Isa 60:13
    69%

    13The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.