power
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KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)
And gave him power to rule all things.
And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt; and who may withstand the power of thine arm?
Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.
But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.
But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.
But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.
For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.
For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power: but we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine.
For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.
For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.
Come unto her with thy whole heart, and keep her ways with all thy power.
Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.
Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.
He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes.
Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will: for he is the King of all, by his power dividing holy things among them from profane.
To whom hath he given power to declare his works? and who shall find out his noble acts?
And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.
Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.
The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies:
And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of Beth-horon] he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
They made also a collection of money according to every man’s power:
And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods, or a pillar of wood in a palace, than such false gods.
And the fire sent from above to consume hills and woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are like unto them neither in shew nor power.
And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
Therefore the king slew them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who destroyed him and his temple.
So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.
And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.
Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:
Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.
And that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power was driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom they had destroyed:
And that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power was driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom they had destroyed:
And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was bountiful and beloved in my power.
So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of Judea, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.
But they gave no heed to their words; for they saw that they were come with a great power.
Then committed he the country to Alcimus, and left with him a power to aid him: so Bacchides went to the king.
And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people, who, after they had gotten the land of Juda into their power, did much hurt in Israel.
Now when Bacchides heard hereof, he came on the sabbath day unto the banks of Jordan with a great power.
We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meet to be our friend.
Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
Now therefore, if thou trustest in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together: for with me is the power of the cities.
Wherefore now thou shalt not be able to abide the horsemen and so great a power in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place to flee unto.
But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were come to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great power, purposing to remove him out of the country,
Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.
So Tryphon removed from Ptolemaus with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasury, the Lord of spirits, and the Prince of all power, caused a great apparition, so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of God, and fainted, and were sore afraid.
Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasury, the Lord of spirits, and the Prince of all power, caused a great apparition, so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of God, and fainted, and were sore afraid.
Thus him, that lately came with a great train and with all his guard into the said treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with his weapons: and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God.
And seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these words, they appeared no more.
If thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubt; there is an especial power of God.
But he being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood to himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.
Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;
But abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an horselitter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.
Not at all considering the power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within,
In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea,
And with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, an hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
After three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with a great power and navy,
Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)
And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;
For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.
Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes; Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down.
The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
And the fourth came, and overcame all the beasts that were past, and had power over the world with great fearfulness, and over the whole compass of the earth with much wicked oppression; and so long time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit.
For there shall be sedition among men, and invading one another; they shall not regard their kings nor princes, and the course of their actions shall stand in their power.
I will not spare them: go your way, ye children, from the power, defile not my sanctuary.
Also the Carmanians raging in wrath shall go forth as the wild boars of the wood, and with great power shall they come, and join battle with them, and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians.
And then shall the dragons have the upper hand, remembering their nature; and if they shall turn themselves, conspiring together in great power to persecute them,
Then these shall be troubled bled, and keep silence through their power, and shall flee.
And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over thee.
The earth quaketh, and the foundations thereof; the sea ariseth up with waves from the deep, and the waves of it are troubled, and the fishes thereof also, before the Lord, and before the glory of his power: