Haller's Concordance: STRONG
- But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men? Gen. 32:28
- Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders. Gen. 49:14
- His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel. Gen. 49:24
- The children of Israel increased, and sprung up into multitudes, and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land. Ex. 1:7
- Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong. Ex. 1:20
- ¤ And the Lord said to Moses: Now thou shalt see what I will do to Pharao: for by a mighty hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he cast them out of his land. Ex. 6:1
- And he made a very strong wind to blow from the west, and it took the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea: there remained not so much as one in all the coasts of Egypt. Ex. 10:19
- And Moses said to the people: Remember this day in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought you forth out of this place: that you eat no leavened bread. Ex. 13:3
- And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes; and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Ex. 13:9
- And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Ex. 13:14
- And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a thing hung between thy eyes, for a remembrance: because the Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt by a strong hand. Ex. 13:16
- And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided. Ex. 14:21
- Who is like to thee, among the strong, O Lord? who is like to thee, glorious in holiness, terrible and praise-worthy, doing wonders? Ex. 15:11
- If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race: Lev. 25:47
- View the land, of what sort it is, and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many: Num. 13:18
- But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac. Num. 13:28
- But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand, Num. 20:20
- And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison. Num. 21:24
- He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock, Num. 24:21
- But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children: Num. 32:16
- The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims, Dt. 2:10
- And I commanded you at that time, saying: The Lord your God giveth you this land for an inheritance, go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the strong men of you. Dt. 3:18
- If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes. Dt. 4:34
- Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day. Dt. 5:15
- Thou shalt say to him: We were bondmen of Pharao in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand. Dt. 6:21
- But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt. Dt. 7:8
- And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand generations: Dt. 7:9
- The exceeding great plagues, which thy eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched out arm, with which the Lord thy God brought thee out: so will he do to all the people, whom thou fearest. Dt. 7:19
- And praying, I said: O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand. Dt. 9:26
- Know this day the things that your children know not, who saw not the chastisements of the Lord your God, his great doings and strong hand, and stretched out arm, Dt. 11:2
- And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house: Dt. 14:26
- And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude. Dt. 26:5
- And brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders: Dt. 26:8
- And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee: Dt. 28:52
- You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God. Dt. 29:6
- Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them. Josu. 1:6
- Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not, and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to. Josu. 1:9
- Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them, Josu. 1:14
- He said again to them: Fear not, neither be ye dismayed, take courage, and be strong: for so will the Lord do to all your enemies, against whom you fight. Josu. 10:25
- Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire. Josu. 11:13
- As strong as I was at that time when I was sent to view the land: the strength of that time continueth in me until this day, as well to fight as to march. Josu. 14:11
- Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as he promised me. Josu. 14:12
- But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did not kill them. Josu. 17:13
- But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong. Josu. 17:18
- And it returneth to Horma to the strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of Achziba: Josu. 19:29
- And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth, Josu. 19:35
- And then the Lord God will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you. Josu. 23:9
- But after Israel was grown strong, he made them tributaries, and would not destroy them. Judg. 1:28
- But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and valiant men: none of them could escape. Judg. 3:29
- The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones. Judg. 5:21
- And they were grievously oppressed by them. And they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains, and strong holds to resist. Judg. 6:2
- And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem, had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith, where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong. Judg. 9:46
- But he, also despising the words of Israel, suffered him not to pass through his borders: but gathering an infinite multitude, went out against him to Jasa, and made strong opposition. Judg. 11:20
- Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. Judg. 13:4
- But he answered thus: Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son: beware thou drink no wine, nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from his infancy, from his mother's womb until the day of his death. Judg. 13:7
- And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe. Judg. 13:14
- And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. Judg. 14:14
- Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Ki. 1:15
- There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, and there is none strong like our God. 1 Ki. 2:2
- ¤ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong. 1 Ki. 9:1
- But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. 1 Ki. 23:14
- And the Ziphites went up to Saul, in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert. 1 Ki. 23:19
- Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi. 1 Ki. 23:29
- And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel: and they all came to seek David: and when David heard of it, he went down to a strong hold. 2 Ki. 5:17
- And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me, but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 2 Ki. 10:11
- Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom. 2 Ki. 15:12
- God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity. 2 Ki. 22:3
- He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 2 Ki. 22:18
- Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God? 2 Ki. 22:32
- The Lord liveth, and my God is blessed: and the strong God of my salvation shall be exalted: 2 Ki. 22:47
- The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God. 2 Ki. 23:3
- And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord, overthrowing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: but the Lord is not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: but the Lord is not in the earthquake. 3 Ki. 19:11
- And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants, fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest, perhaps, the spirit of the Lord, hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said: Do not send. 4 Ki. 2:16
- And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire, and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women. 4 Ki. 8:12
- And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan, and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces, from Lachis, to king Ezechias, with a strong army, to Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller's field. 4 Ki. 18:17
- And all the strong men, seven thousand, and the artificers, and the smiths, a thousand, all that were valiant men, and fit for war: and the king of Babylon led them captives into Babylon. 4 Ki. 24:16
- And their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God. 1 Par. 9:13
- And he said: If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will help thee. 1 Par. 19:12
- And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen. 1 Par. 26:9
- If the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, come from a far country, for the sake of thy great name, and thy strong hand, and thy stretched out arm, and adore in this place: 2 Par. 6:32
- And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath. 2 Par. 8:4
- Balaath also and all the strong cities that were Solomon's, and all the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen. All that Solomon had a mind, and designed, he built in Jerusalem and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion. 2 Par. 8:6
- He built also strong cities in Juda, for he was quiet, and there had no wars risen in his time, the Lord giving peace. 2 Par. 14:6
- ¤ And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and grew strong against Israel. 2 Par. 17:1
- And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest. 2 Par. 21:3
- But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 2 Par. 26:16
- And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments: 2 Esd. 1:5
- And next to him Aser the son of Josue, lord of Maspha, built another measure, over against the going up of the strong corner. 2 Esd. 3:19
- And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness. 2 Esd. 9:25
- Now therefore our God, great, strong, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day. 2 Esd. 9:32
- ‡ ¤ Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana, Jud. 1:1
- Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom, and all the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke. Jud. 2:6
- And when he had passed through the borders of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia: and he went up to all their castles, and took all the strong places. Jud. 2:12
- I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately. Job 5:3
- How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? Job 8:2
- If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me. Job 9:19
- One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy. Job 21:23
- He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life. Job 24:22
- Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass. Job 37:18
- God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day? Ps. 7:11
- He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. Ps. 18:17
- Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle. Ps. 24:8
- I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people. Ps. 35:18
- For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me. Ps. 38:2
- My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God? Ps. 42:2
- The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted. Ps. 47:9
- Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Ps. 60:9
- They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. Ps. 69:4
- I am become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper. Ps. 71:7
- For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink. Ps. 75:8
- Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me. Ps. 88:7
- The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. Ps. 90:10
- Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Ps. 108:10
- And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. Ps. 136:18
- A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches. Pr. 11:16
- He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. Pr. 12:11
- The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted. Pr. 18:10
- The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about. Pr. 18:11
- A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities. Pr. 18:19
- The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof. Pr. 21:22
- For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee. Pr. 23:11
- A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. Pr. 24:5
- Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind: Pr. 31:6
- She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. Pr. 31:19
- I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all. Eccl. 9:11
- When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened: Eccl. 12:3
- The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus. Cant. 4:15
- Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames. Cant. 8:6
- ¤ Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. Wis. 6:1
- Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son. Wis. 10:5
- She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. Wis. 10:12
- A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure. Sir. 6:14
- Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a robe of glory: Sir. 6:30
- With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. Sir. 15:3
- For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing. Sir. 15:19
- If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation. Sir. 27:9
- It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men. Sir. 28:17
- It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations. Sir. 28:18
- Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. Sir. 30:14
- The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, Sir. 34:19
- And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith. Sir. 49:12
- For if he do them, he shall be strong to do all things: because the light of God guideth his steps. Sir. 50:31
- ¤ For behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water. Isa. 3:1
- The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet and the cunning man, and the ancient. Isa. 3:2
- Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it. Isa. 5:14
- Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks. Isa. 8:7
- For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: Isa. 8:11
- I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory. Isa. 13:3
- In that day his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate. Isa. 17:9
- Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants, and shalt sow strange seed. Isa. 17:10
- And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith the Lord the God of hosts. Isa. 19:4
- And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it. Isa. 21:17
- He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof. Isa. 23:11
- Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrians founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have, brought it to ruin. Isa. 23:13
- For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever. Isa. 25:2
- Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee. Isa. 25:3
- ¤ In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea. Isa. 27:1
- For the strong city shall be desolate, the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as a wilderness: there the calf shall feed, and there shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches. Isa. 27:10
- Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land. Isa. 28:2
- ¤ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord. Isa. 31:1
- He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved. Isa. 40:20
- And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not. Isa. 42:25
- Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct. Isa. 43:17
- Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty, be delivered? Isa. 49:24
- For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee, and thy children I will save. Isa. 49:25
- Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors. Isa. 53:12
- The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time. Isa. 60:22
- Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: cry aloud, and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us go into strong cities. Jer. 4:5
- Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say. Jer. 5:15
- And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest. Jer. 5:17
- I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know, and prove their way. Jer. 6:27
- Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches: Jer. 9:23
- And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Jer. 15:20
- But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly confounded, because they have not understood the everlasting reproach, which never shall be effaced. Jer. 20:11
- And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath. Jer. 21:5
- And hast brought forth thy people Israel, out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm, and with great terror. Jer. 32:21
- Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates. Jer. 46:6
- The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together. Jer. 46:12
- ¤ Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Woe to Nabo, for it is laid waste, and confounded: Cariathaim is taken: the strong city is confounded and hath trembled. Jer. 48:1
- Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod? Jer. 48:17
- Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance? Jer. 49:19
- And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad. Jer. 49:27
- Their redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is his name: he will defend their cause in judgment, to terrify the land, and to disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. Jer. 50:34
- Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of the Jordan to the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall bear up against me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance? Jer. 50:44
- Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay. Jer. 51:56
- Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof. Lam. 2:2
- He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women. Lam. 2:5
- And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day, Bar. 2:11
- Say thou: Thus saith the Lord God: Shall it prosper then? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches it hath shot forth, and make it wither: and this without a strong arm, or many people to pluck it up by the root? Ezec. 17:9
- And she hath strong rods to make sceptres for them that bear rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches: and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches. Ezec. 19:11
- But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast on the ground, and the burning wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods are withered, and dried up: the fire hath devoured her. Ezec. 19:12
- And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation. Ezec. 19:14
- As I live, saith the Lord God, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. Ezec. 20:33
- And I will bring you out from the people, and I will gather you out of the countries, in which you are scattered, I will reign over you with a strong hand and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. Ezec. 20:34
- Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city. Ezec. 21:20
- And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread? Ezec. 26:17
- In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures. Ezec. 28:4
- Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, which is already broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand: Ezec. 30:22
- The most mighty among the strong ones shall speak to him from the midst of hell, they that went down with his helpers and slept uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Ezec. 32:21
- I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve, and I will feed them in judgment. Ezec. 34:16
- And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay: the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. Dan. 2:42
- Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes and languages: Dan. 3:4
- The tree was great and strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was even to the ends of all the earth. Dan. 4:11
- The tree which thou sawest, which was high and strong, whose height reached to the skies, and the sight thereof into all the earth: Dan. 4:20
- After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns. Dan. 7:7
- And now, O Lord, our God, who hast brought forth thy people out of the land of Egypt, with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name as at this day: we have sinned, we have committed iniquity, Dan. 9:15
- And he said: Fear not, O man of desires, peace be to thee: take courage, and be strong. And when he spoke to me, I grew strong, and I said: Speak, O my lord, for thou hast strengthened me. Dan. 10:19
- But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth. Dan. 11:3
- And his strength, and his heart, shall be stirred up against the king of the south, with a great army: and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with many and very strong succours: and they shall not stand, for they shall form designs against him. Dan. 11:25
- You have ploughed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity, you have eaten the fruit of lying: because thou hast trusted in thy ways, in the multitude of thy strong ones. Osee 10:13
- For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp. Joel 1:6
- A day of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds and whirlwinds: a numerous and strong people as the morning spread upon the mountains: the like to it hath not been from the beginning, nor shall be after it, even to the years of generation and generation. Joel 2:2
- They shall leap like the noise of chariots upon the tops of mountains, like the noise of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, as a strong people prepared to battle. Joel 2:5
- And the Lord hath uttered his voice before the face of his army: for his armies are exceedingly great, for they are strong, and execute his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible: and who can stand it? Joel 2:11
- Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up. Joel 3:9
- Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong. Joel 3:10
- Break forth, and come, all ye nations from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down. Joel 3:11
- Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath. Amso 2:9
- And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life. Amso 2:14
- He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty. Amso 5:9
- And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither shall they learn war anymore. Mic. 4:3
- And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, Mic. 5:11
- Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel. Mic. 6:2
- All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. Nah. 3:12
- And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it. Hab. 1:10
- Wast thou not from the beginning, O Lord my God, my holy one, and we shall not die? Lord, thou hast appointed him for judgment: and made him strong for correction. Hab. 1:12
- And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot grisled horses, and strong ones. Zach. 6:3
- And they that were most strong, went out, and sought to go, and to run to and fro through all the earth. And he said: Go, walk throughout the earth: and they walked throughout the earth. Zach. 6:7
- And many peoples, and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face of the Lord. Zach. 8:22
- And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets. Zach. 9:3
- Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today. Zach. 9:12
- He fought many battles, and took the strong holds of all, and slew the kings of the earth: 1 Ma. 1:2
- And he gathered a power, and a very strong army: and his heart was exalted and lifted up: 1 Ma. 1:4
- And he took the strong cities in the land of Egypt: and he took the spoils of the land of Egypt. 1 Ma. 1:20
- And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them: 1 Ma. 1:35
- And Judas Machabeus, who is valiant and strong from his youth up, let him be the leader of your army, and he shall manage the war of the people. 1 Ma. 2:66
- And he made himself ready; and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel. 1 Ma. 3:15
- But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today? 1 Ma. 3:17
- Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his mind: and he sent, and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an exceeding strong army. 1 Ma. 3:27
- And they saw the camp of the Gentiles that it was strong, and the men in breastplates, and the horsemen round about them, and these were trained up to war. 1 Ma. 4:7
- And they saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said: Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst break the violence of the mighty by the hand of thy servant David, and didst deliver up the camp of the strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armour bearer. 1 Ma. 4:30
- They built up also at that time Mount Sion, with high walls, and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should at any time come, and tread it down, as they did before. 1 Ma. 4:60
- And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in Bosor, and in Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim; all these strong and great cities. 1 Ma. 5:26
- And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and that they were grown strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils which they had gotten out of the camps which they had destroyed: 1 Ma. 6:6
- And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the strong hold of Bethsura: 1 Ma. 6:26
- And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers which covered every one of them: and engines upon them, and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above: and an Indian to rule the beast. 1 Ma. 6:37
- And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong. 1 Ma. 6:41
- Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom. 1 Ma. 6:57
- And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of the strong hold. 1 Ma. 6:61
- ¤ Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful and strong, and willingly agree to all things that are requested of them: and that whosoever have come to them, they have made amity with them, and that they are mighty in power. 1 Ma. 8:1
- And they built strong cities in Judea, the fortress that was in Jericho, and in Ammaus, and in Bethoron, and in Bethel, and Thamnata, and Phara, and Thopo, with high walls, and gates, and bars. 1 Ma. 9:50
- Then the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away. 1 Ma. 10:12
- And when Alexander heard of it, he came to give him battle: and king Ptolemee brought forth his army, and met him with a strong power, and put him to flight. 1 Ma. 11:15
- And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp. 1 Ma. 11:18
- And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, desiring that he would cast out them that were in the castle in Jerusalem, and those that were in the strong holds: because they fought against Israel. 1 Ma. 11:41
- Now, therefore, send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming. 1 Ma. 12:45
- And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses. 1 Ma. 13:33
- For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own. 1 Ma. 13:38
- And that he should be chief over them, and that he should have the charge of the sanctuary, and that he should appoint rulers over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the strong holds; 1 Ma. 14:42
- And they sounded the holy trumpets: and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the strong hold. 1 Ma. 16:8
- And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the good king, 2 Ma. 1:24
- Moreover there appeared two other young men, beautiful and strong, bright and glorious, and in comely apparel: who stood by him, on either side, and scourged him without ceasing with many stripes. 2 Ma. 3:26
- But when they perceived the attempt of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, some strong clubs, and some threw ashes upon Lysimachus. 2 Ma. 4:41
- Moreover, they slew above twenty thousand of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, and they made themselves masters of the high strong holds: and they divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal portions to the feeble, the fatherless, and the widows; yea, and the aged also 2 Ma. 8:30
- Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans: 2 Ma. 10:16
- And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege, 2 Ma. 10:18
- But Timotheus fled into Gazara, a strong hold where Chereas was governor. 2 Ma. 10:32
- But when Machabeus, and they that were with him, understood that the strong holds were besieged, they and all the people besought the Lord with lamentations and tears, that he would send a good angel to save Israel. 2 Ma. 11:6
- He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin. 2 Ma. 12:13
- But as for Timotheus, they found him not in those places, for before he had dispatched any thing he went back, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold: 2 Ma. 12:18
- And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls, made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts. 2 Ma. 12:27
- But the king having taken a taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy: 2 Ma. 13:18
- And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he lost his men. 2 Ma. 13:19
- Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house. Mt. 12:29
- But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me. Mt. 14:30
- No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. Mk. 3:27
- For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. Lk. 1:15
- And the child grew and waxed strong, full of wisdom: and the grace of God was in him. Lk. 2:40
- When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth. Lk. 11:21
- But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. 1 Cor. 1:27
- We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour. 1 Cor. 4:10
- (For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible): 2 Cor. 10:10
- For we rejoice that we are weak and you are strong. This also we pray for, your perfection. 2 Cor. 13:9
- ¤ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in Christ Jesus: 2 Tim. 2:1
- Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence. Heb. 5:7
- For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat. Heb. 5:12
- But strong meat is for the perfect: for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil. Heb. 5:14
- Behold also ships, whereas they are great and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth. Jas. 3:4
- Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are in the world. 1 Pet. 5:9
- I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. 1 Jn. 2:14
- And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? Apoc. 5:2
- And the kings of the earth and the princes and tribunes and the rich and the strong and every bondman and every freeman hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of mountains: Apoc. 6:15
- And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird: Apoc. 18:2
- Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong, who shall judge her. Apoc. 18:8
- One wrote: Wine is strong. 3 Esd. 3:10
- The third wrote, Wemen are more strong: but aboue al thinges truth ouercometh. 3 Esd. 3:12
- O ye men, are not wemen strong? The earth is great and heauen is high: & the swift course of the sunne turneth the heauen round into his place in one day. 3 Esd. 4:34
- and truth abydeth, and groweth strong for euer, and liueth, and preuayleth for euer and euer. 3 Esd. 4:38
- And you shal not seeke to haue peace with them for euer, that growing strong you may eate the best things of the land, and may distribute the inheritance to your children for euer. 3 Esd. 8:86
- For thy voice is heard before the Highest. For the strong hath sene thy direction, and hath fore sene the chastitie which thou hast had from thy youth: 4 Esd. 6:32
- And iudgement onlie shal remayne, truth shal stand, and fayth shal waxe strong, 4 Esd. 7:34
- intemperance is dissolued, incredulitie is cut of: and iustice hath increased, truth is strong. 4 Esd. 7:114
- whose commandment is strong, and disposition terrible: whose looke dryeth vp the depthes, and indignation maketh the mountaynes to melt, and truth doth testifie. 4 Esd. 8:23
- And it came to passe, after thirtie yeares God heard me thy handmayd, and saw my humilitie, and attended to my tribulation, and gaue me a sonne: and I was very ioyful vpon him, and my husband, and al my citizens, and we did glorifie the Strong exceedingly. 4 Esd. 9:45
- Thou therfore shake of thy great heauines, and lay away from thee the multitude of sorrowes, that the Strong may be propicious to thee agayne, and the Highest wil geue thee rest, rest from thy labours. 4 Esd. 10:24
- And thy contumelie is ascended euen to the Highest, and thy pride to the Strong. 4 Esd. 11:43
- For there is remebrance of you before the Highest, and the Strong hath not forgotten you in tentation. 4 Esd. 12:47
- And I saw, and behold that man grew strong with thousandes of heauen: and when he turned his countenance to consider, al thinges trembled that were sene vnder him: 4 Esd. 13:3
- Shal anie man repel the arrow shot of a strong archer? 4 Esd. 16:7
- Our strong Lord sendeth in euiles, and who is he that can repel them? 4 Esd. 16:8
- because his right hand is strong which bendeth the bow, his arrowes be sharpe that are shot of him, they shal not misse, when they shal begine to be shot into the endes of the earth. 4 Esd. 16:13
- For as the arrow shot of a strong archer returneth not, so shal not the euils returne backe, that shal be sent vpon the earth. 4 Esd. 16:16