1 Samuel 23:16
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16 Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.[a](A)
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Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(B)
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Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 Strengthen the weak hands
and make firm the feeble knees.(A)
4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(B)
Job 4:3-4
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3 See, you have instructed many;
you have strengthened the weak hands.(A)
4 Your words have supported those who were stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.(B)
2 Timothy 2:1
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A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus
2 You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
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Ephesians 6:10
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The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power;
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Luke 22:32
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32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail, and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(A)
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1 Samuel 30:6
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6 David was in great danger, for the people spoke of stoning him because all the people were bitter in spirit for their sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.(A)
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Luke 22:43
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[[43 Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.(A)
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Nehemiah 2:18
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18 I told them that the hand of my God had been gracious upon me and also the words that the king had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let us start building!” So they committed themselves to the common good.(A)
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Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits[a] of another.
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- 27.17 Heb face
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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The Value of a Friend
9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up the other, but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?(A) 12 And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Proverbs 27:9
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9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]
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- 27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel
Deuteronomy 3:28
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28 But charge Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, because it is he who shall cross over at the head of this people and who shall secure their possession of the land that you will see.’(A)
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Job 16:5
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5 I could encourage you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
Ezekiel 13:22
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22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,(A)
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