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2 Samuel 2:7
Then let your hands be strong, and have no fear: though Saul your lord is dead, the people of Judah have made me their king.

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2 Samuel 2:6
May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

1 Samuel 11:1
Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

1 Samuel 11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.

1 Samuel 11:3
Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.

1 Samuel 11:4
So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

1 Samuel 11:5
Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

1 Samuel 11:6
And at their words, the spirit of God came on Saul with power, and he became very angry.

1 Samuel 11:7
And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.

1 Samuel 11:8
And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Samuel 11:9
Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Samuel 11:10
So the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.

1 Samuel 11:11
Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direction, so that no two of them were together.

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1 Samuel 31:11
And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Samuel 31:12
All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.

1 Samuel 31:13
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.

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2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.

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1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.

2 Samuel 5:3
So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

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2 Samuel 3:17
Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:

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Nehemiah 2:18
Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

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Zechariah 8:13
And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

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Ephesians 6:10
Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

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