Quotes about Strength
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
— 1 Samuel 14:6
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
— 1 Samuel 14:14
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
— 1 Samuel 17:4
and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
— 1 Samuel 17:5
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
— 1 Samuel 17:7
When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
— 1 Samuel 17:24
But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
— 1 Samuel 17:33
I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
— 1 Samuel 17:35
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
— 1 Samuel 17:36
David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
— 1 Samuel 17:37
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
— 1 Samuel 17:45
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
— 1 Samuel 17:47