Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
BSB
ASV
A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
KJV
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
A wise man is strong - His wisdom enables him to construct a great variety of machines, by which, under his own influence, he can do the labor of a hundred or even a thousand men. But in all cases wisdom gives power and influence; and he who is wise to salvation can overcome even Satan himself. The Septuagint has: “The wise is better than the strong; and the man who has prudence, than a stout husbandman.”
A wise man will compass that by his wisdom which a strong man cannot effect by force of arms. The spirit is strengthened both for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare by true wisdom. (4.) It will govern a house and a kingdom too, and the affairs of both,
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Isaiah 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
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The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
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Colossians 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
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I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,