1 Samuel 2:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.

Cross References

Psalm 18:39

For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.

Psalm 37:15

their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, he burns the chariots with fire!

Psalm 76:3

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

Isaiah 10:4

Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 40:29

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Jeremiah 37:10

For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’ ”

Jeremiah 51:56

for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely requite.

2 Corinthians 12:9

but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him who strengthens me.

Hebrews 11:32

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—

Hebrews 11:34

quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.