Concordance
“Strength” in the Bible
402 verses contain “strength” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.
- Genesis 31:6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
- Genesis 48:2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
- Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Genesis 49:24 Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- Exodus 6:1 … of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his…
- Exodus 10:19 And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
- Exodus 13:3 …house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be…
- Exodus 14:21 … sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Exodus 15:13 With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Leviticus 10:9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to…
- Leviticus 26:20 and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
- Numbers 6:3 he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or…
- Numbers 11:4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Numbers 13:18 See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
- Numbers 13:28 Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
- Numbers 14:13 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
- Numbers 20:20 But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- Numbers 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
- Numbers 24:8 God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Deuteronomy 3:28 But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
- Deuteronomy 4:34 … of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before…
- Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Deuteronomy 8:17 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Deuteronomy 9:2 The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
- Deuteronomy 11:8 …commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to…
- Deuteronomy 14:26 …pend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice…
- Deuteronomy 21:17 …hat he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to…
- Deuteronomy 29:6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Deuteronomy 31:7 …r Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to…
- Deuteronomy 31:23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will…
- Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- Deuteronomy 33:25 May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
- Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Joshua 1:7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…
- Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Joshua 1:18 Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
- Joshua 10:25 “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
- Joshua 14:11 still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
- Joshua 17:17 So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,
- Joshua 17:18 …ugh the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them…
- Joshua 23:6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
- Judges 1:35 …Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced…
- Judges 5:21 The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
- Judges 6:14 The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
- Judges 7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were…
- Judges 8:21 … “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks…
- Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- Judges 13:4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
- Judges 13:7 …d give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until…
- Judges 13:14 She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”
- Judges 14:14 So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
- Judges 15:19 …e in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this…
- Judges 16:5 … and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven…
- Judges 16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
- Judges 16:9 …ke a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained…
- Judges 16:15 …cked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great…
- Judges 16:17 …a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other…
- Judges 16:19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
- Judges 16:28 …on called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my…
- Judges 18:26 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
- 1 Samuel 1:15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
- 1 Samuel 2:9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:31 Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.
- 1 Samuel 14:52 And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
- 1 Samuel 23:13 Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he…
- 1 Samuel 23:16 And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- 1 Samuel 28:20 Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
- 1 Samuel 28:22 Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
- 1 Samuel 30:4 So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
- 1 Samuel 30:6 …ery man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his…
- 2 Samuel 2:7 Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- 2 Samuel 3:6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 10:11 “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- 2 Samuel 10:12 Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 2 Samuel 11:25 …er upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these…
- 2 Samuel 15:12 …o come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept…
- 2 Samuel 16:21 …your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be…
- 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
- 2 Samuel 22:40 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- 1 Kings 2:2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- 1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
- 1 Kings 19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- 1 Kings 20:22 …the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up…
- 2 Kings 15:19 Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 18:20 You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- 2 Kings 19:3 …r children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver…
- 2 Kings 23:25 …D with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of…
- 2 Kings 24:16 The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
- 1 Chronicles 11:10 …’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning…
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- 1 Chronicles 16:27 Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 16:28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
- 1 Chronicles 19:12 “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- 1 Chronicles 19:13 Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 …and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or…
- 1 Chronicles 26:6 Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
- 1 Chronicles 26:8 All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 26:31 …rtieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in…
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:20 David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail…
- 1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
- 2 Chronicles 11:11 He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
- 2 Chronicles 11:12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 15:7 But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 …he LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter.…
- 2 Chronicles 17:1 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 …art.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the…
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan,…
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 …od to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of…
- Ezra 6:22 … and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of…
- Ezra 9:12 …s. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons…
- Ezra 10:4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- Nehemiah 4:10 Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
- Nehemiah 6:9 For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
- Nehemiah 8:10 …to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your…
- Job 4:3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- Job 6:11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Job 6:12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
- Job 8:20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
- Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 12:13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
- Job 18:12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
- Job 22:9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 30:2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
- Job 30:21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
- Job 36:5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Job 39:11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
- Job 39:19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
- Job 39:21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
- Job 40:16 See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
- Job 41:22 Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
- Psalms 10:10 They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 18:1 I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- Psalms 18:32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- Psalms 18:39 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- Psalms 21:1 O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
- Psalms 21:13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
- Psalms 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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