Surely you have instructed many,
And you (A)have strengthened weak hands.

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Think how you have instructed many,(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.(B)

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(A)Strengthen the [a]weak hands,
And make firm the [b]feeble knees.

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  1. Isaiah 35:3 Lit. sinking
  2. Isaiah 35:3 tottering or stumbling

Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;

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Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(A)

12 Therefore (B)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A)

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32 But (A)I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, (B)strengthen your brethren.”

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32 But I have prayed for you,(A) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(B)

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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of [a]wisdom.

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  1. Proverbs 10:21 Lit. heart

21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.(A)

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But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

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But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(A) from my lips would bring you relief.(B)

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29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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  1. Ephesians 4:29 building up

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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43 [a]Then (A)an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

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  1. Luke 22:43 NU brackets vv. 43 and 44 as not in the original text.

43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.(A)

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28 But (A)command[a] Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:28 charge

28 But commission(A) Joshua, and encourage(B) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(C) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.”

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22 “Because with (A)lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have (B)strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

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22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies,(A) when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,(B)

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“The(A) Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is (B)weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.

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The Sovereign Lord(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(E)

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21 The wise in heart will be called prudent,
And sweetness of the lips increases learning.

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21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

The lips of the wise [a]disperse knowledge,
But the heart of the fool does not do so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 spread

The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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