Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to {him that is} weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: {by...: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him}

Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, {but} not to doubtful disputations. {not...: or, not to judge his doubtful thoughts}

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

I will teach you by the hand of God: {that} which {is} with the Almighty will I not conceal. {by...: or, being in the hand, etc}

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him {that is} alone when he falleth; for {he hath} not another to help him up.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

How hast thou helped {him that is} without power? {how} savest thou the arm {that hath} no strength?

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak {as} water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. {shall be weak...: Heb. shall go into water}

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: {and to} Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. {slack: or, faint}

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.

{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.

To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who {is there}, that, {being} as I {am}, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.