Psalm 43:2
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2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?(A)
Psalm 42:9
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9 I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?”(A)
Psalm 28:7
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7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts;
so I am helped, and my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.(A)
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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Isaiah 40:31
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31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(A)
Psalm 94:14
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14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;(A)
Psalm 44:9
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9 Yet you have rejected us and shamed us
and have not gone out with our armies.(A)
Zechariah 10:12
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12 I will make them strong in the Lord,
and they shall walk in his name,
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 45:24
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24 Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and strength;
all who were incensed against him
shall come to him and be ashamed.(A)
Psalm 140:7
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7 O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.(A)
Psalm 77:7
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7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(A)
Psalm 71:9
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9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
do not forsake me when my strength is spent.(A)
1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)
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Exodus 15:2
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2 The Lord is my strength and my might,[a]
and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.(A)
Footnotes
- 15.2 Or song
Philippians 4:13
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13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.(A)
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Psalm 31:4
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4 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
for you are my refuge.(A)
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