Zechariah 4:6
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6 He said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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2 Chronicles 32:7-8
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7 “Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there is one greater with us than with him.(A) 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.(B)
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2 Corinthians 10:4-5
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4 for the weapons of our warfare are not merely human,[a] but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments(A) 5 and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.(B)
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- 10.4 Gk fleshly
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
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4 My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom[a] but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,(A) 5 so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read the persuasiveness of wisdom
Psalm 33:16
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16 A king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.(A)
Isaiah 11:2-4
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2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.(A)
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(B)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(C)
Psalm 33:20-21
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20 Our soul waits for the Lord;
he is our help and shield.
21 Our heart is glad in him
because we trust in his holy name.(A)
Psalm 20:6-8
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6 Now I know that the Lord will help his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.(A)
7 Some take pride in chariots and some in horses,
but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.(B)
8 They will collapse and fall,
but we shall rise and stand upright.(C)
Hosea 1:7
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7 But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”(A)
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Haggai 2:2-5
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2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, and say: 3 Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?(A) 4 Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts,(B) 5 according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear.(C)
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Psalm 44:3-7
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3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.(A)
4 You are my King and my God;
you command[a] victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down our assailants.(B)
6 For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to confusion those who hate us.(C)
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- 44.4 Gk Syr: Heb You are my King, O God; command
2 Chronicles 14:11
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11 Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is no difference for you between helping the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let no mortal prevail against you.”(A)
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Ezekiel 37:11-14
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11 Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’(A) 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.(B) 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people.(C) 14 I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.”(D)
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Isaiah 32:15
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15 until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.(A)
Isaiah 30:1
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The Futility of Reliance on Egypt
30 Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord,
who carry out a plan but not mine;
who make an alliance but against my will,
adding sin to sin;(A)
Numbers 27:16
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16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation(A)
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Ezra 5:2
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2 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak set out to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem, and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.(A)
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Isaiah 63:10-14
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10 But they rebelled
and grieved his holy spirit;
therefore he became their enemy;
he himself fought against them.(A)
11 Then they[a] remembered the days of old,
of Moses his servant.[b]
Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is the one who put within them
his holy spirit,(B)
12 who caused his glorious arm
to march at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,(C)
13 who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.(D)
14 Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
Thus you led your people,
to make for yourself a glorious name.(E)
1 Peter 1:12
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12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look!(A)
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Zechariah 9:13-15
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13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.[a]
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.(A)
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.(B)
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall consume and conquer the slingers;[b]
they shall drink their blood[c] like wine
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.(C)
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