he stretcheth

Leviticus 26:23
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,

Psalm 73:9, 11
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth. . . .

Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Malachi 3:13
"Your words against Me have been harsh, " says the LORD. "Yet you ask, 'What have we spoken against You?'

Acts 9:5
"Who are You, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting, " He replied.

Acts 12:1, 23
About that time, King Herod reached out to inflict harm on some who belonged to the church. . . .

strengtheneth

Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Job 40:9-11
Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His? . . .

Exodus 5:2, 3
But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go." . . .

Exodus 9:17
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

1 Samuel 4:7-9
the Philistines were afraid. "The gods have entered their camp!" they said. "Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before. . . .

1 Samuel 6:6
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?

Psalm 52:7
"Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, who strengthened himself by bringing destruction."

Isaiah 8:9, 10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be broken; prepare for battle, and be dismayed. . . .

Isaiah 10:12-14
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes." . . .

Isaiah 41:4-7
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD--the first and the last--I am He." . . .