for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.

Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?

Surely, thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel."

Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed.

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Then the men of Beth-she'mesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?"

So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kir'iath-je'arim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to you."

Samuel did what the LORD commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?"

And David was afraid of God that day; and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"

Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained."

Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?

Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?

for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.