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Wrestling Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 67 helpful votes For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.Genesis 32:24 ESV / 61 helpful votes And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.Ephesians 6:12-15 ESV / 40 helpful votes For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.Genesis 30:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 28 helpful votes Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.Philippians 4:13-14 ESV / 26 helpful votes I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.Psalm 144:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;Genesis 32:25 ESV / 21 helpful votes When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.1 John 2:15-16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.Genesis 32:22-32 ESV / 14 helpful votes The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” …Isaiah 64:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.Romans 7:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.Hosea 12:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us—Genesis 32:1-32 ESV / 6 helpful votes Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now. I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’” …James 1:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.Romans 1:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,Proverbs 23:4-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. …Proverbs 11:16-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches. A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. The wicked earns deceptive
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