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And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”
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And it came to pass, whenever the stronger livestock conceived, that Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the livestock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
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But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.
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But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”
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And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, You would not have solved my riddle!”
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“Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
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Joab Kills Abner
Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
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However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
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The Syrians Again Defeated
Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they.
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and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.
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Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
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He increased His people greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies.
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Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.
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Jeremiah’s Unpopular Ministry
O Lord, You induced me, and I was persuaded; You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I am in derision daily; Everyone mocks me.
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For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.