Stronghold

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.

And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour. — read the full passage →

He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.

Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.

God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

and from Jesus Christ, who isthe faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.

Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. — read the full passage →

And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds); — read the full passage →

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

A brother offendedis harder to be won than a strong city; Andsuchcontentions are like the bars of a castle.

My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

neither give place to the devil.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. — read the full passage →

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more. — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.