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Nehemiah 4:17-18
Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work, and with the other held his weapon.Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
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Ephesians 6:11-20
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
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Matthew 10:16
“ Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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1 Corinthians 14 20
Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
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2 Chronicles 32 2-2 Chronicles 32 8
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was planning to fight against Jerusalem,he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him.So, many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying,“ Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,“ Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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Genesis 32:13-20
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants,“ Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”He commanded the foremost, saying,“ When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying,‘ Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’Then you shall say,‘ They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying,“ This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.You shall say,‘ Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said,“ I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
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Song of Solomon 3 7-Song of Solomon 3 8
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.