Stronger

…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

…then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.

When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.

And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

But the followers of Omri proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.

Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?