1 Samuel 2:4

World English Bible (2000)

"The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
  • Ps 76:3 : 3 There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
  • Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will 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 you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
  • 2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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    34He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

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

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    15From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

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