Lexicon :: Strong's G4741 - stērizō

But Isaac answered Esau, “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ”

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

“After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine the contamination. If the appearance of the contaminated article has not changed, it is unclean. Even though the contamination has not spread, you must burn the fabric. It is a fungus[fn] on the front or back of the fabric.

On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to go, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat to keep up your strength and then you can go.”

He got up early in the morning of the fifth day to leave, but the girl’s father said to him, “Please keep up your strength.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

“Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the LORD who has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go and worship other gods.’

At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the LORD’s sanctuary and from the doorposts he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.

“Now look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.

Restore the joy of your salvation to me,

and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.

wine that makes human hearts glad —

making his face shine with oil —

and bread that sustains human hearts.

They are established forever and ever,

enacted in truth and in uprightness.

His heart is assured; he will not fear.

In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

The LORD tears apart the house of the proud,

but he protects the widow’s territory.

The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;

the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Sustain me with raisins;

refresh me with apricots,[fn]

for I am lovesick.

“On that day” ​— ​the declaration of the LORD of Armies ​— ​“the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

He saw that there was no man —

he was amazed that there was no one interceding;

so his own arm brought salvation,

and his own righteousness supported him.

“Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say,

‘Return, unfaithful Israel.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will not look on you with anger,[fn]

for I am unfailing in my love.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will not be angry forever.

This is what the LORD says:

Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind.

He makes human flesh his strength,

and his heart turns from the LORD.

“For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster and not good ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it.’

“I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.

“Son of man, face the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

“Now you, son of man, face[fn] the women among your people who prophesy out of their own imagination, and prophesy against them.

“I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

“I will turn against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but it will still consume them. And you will know that I am the LORD when I turn against them.

“Son of man, face the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest land in the Negev,

“Son of man, face Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,

“Son of man, face the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

“Son of man, face Sidon and prophesy against it.

“Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

“Son of man, face Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[fn] Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

And if they are driven

by their enemies into captivity,

from there I will command

the sword to kill them.

I will keep my eye on them

for harm and not for good.