¹⁷ She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

¹³ So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

³ Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

²⁹ Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

⁴⁶ And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

¹⁴ Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁰ Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

³⁵ Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

¹⁵ Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

¹² The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.

²⁴ But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel: