Quotes about Strength
Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
— Daniel 11:15
He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.
— Daniel 11:17
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
— Daniel 11:32
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
— Hosea 5:14
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
— Hosea 7:9
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
— Hosea 14:5
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
— Joel 2:4
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
— Joel 2:5
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
— Joel 2:7
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
— Joel 3:10
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
— Amos 2:9
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
— Amos 2:14