1 Samuel 23:16

³Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm. ⁴Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

¹²Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, ¹³and make straight paths for your feet,so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

³Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands. ⁴Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.

¹You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

³²but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

⁶David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

⁴³An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.

¹⁸I told them about the hand of my God which was good on me, and also about the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

⁹Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.