Popular Bible Verses about Resistance

You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you. AMP

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. KJV

For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. AMP

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. KJV

You who rejoice in Lo-debar [a thing of nought], who say, Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim or horns [of resistance] for ourselves? AMP

Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? KJV

And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance]. AMP

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. KJV

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew tongue saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute Me [to harass and trouble and molest Me]? It is dangerous and turns out badly for you to keep kicking against the goads [to keep offering vain and perilous resistance]. AMP

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. KJV

Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]? AMP

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? KJV

By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.] AMP

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. KJV

Surely there are mockers and mockery around me, and my eye dwells on their obstinacy, insults, and resistance. AMP

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? KJV

This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning Moab since that time [when Moab's pride and resistance to God were first known]. AMP

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. KJV