Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Prevail’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Prevail’ occurs 84 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed beyond measure across the earth. And all the lofty mountains under the whole heaven were covered.Genesis 7:19
Genesis 12:10 But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.Genesis 12:10
Genesis 30:8 about whom Rachel said, “God has compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed.” And she called him Naphtali.Genesis 30:8
Genesis 32:28 But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”Genesis 32:28
Genesis 41:54 the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:54
Number of the word / term Prevail in Genesis: 5
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 17:11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. But when he released them a little while, Amalek overcame.Exodus 17:11
Number of the word / term Prevail in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 31:7 And when they had fought against the Midianites and had prevailed, they killed all the men.Numbers 31:7
Number of the word / term Prevail in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 2:9 He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.1 Samuel 2:9
1 Samuel 17:9 If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down, we will be your servants. But if I will prevail over him, and strike him down, you will be the servants, and you will serve us.”1 Samuel 17:9
1 Samuel 17:50 And David prevailed against the Philistine with a sling and a stone. And he struck and killed the Philistine. But since David held no sword in his hand,1 Samuel 17:50
Number of the word / term Prevail in 1 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 10:11 And Joab said: “If the Syrians prevail against me, then you shall assist me. But if the sons of Ammon prevail against you, then I will assist you.2 Samuel 10:11
2 Samuel 11:23 And the messenger said to David: “The men prevailed against us, and they went out to us in the field. Then we pursued them, making an assault, even to the gate of the city.2 Samuel 11:23
2 Samuel 24:4 But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.2 Samuel 24:4
Number of the word / term Prevail in 2 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 16:22 But the people who were with Omri prevailed over the people who were following Tibni, the son of Ginath. And Tibni died, and Omri reigned.1 Kings 16:22
1 Kings 20:23 Then truly, the servants of the king of Syria said to him: “Their gods are the gods of the mountains; because of this, they have overwhelmed us. But it is better that we fight against them in the plains, and then we will prevail over them.1 Kings 20:23
1 Kings 20:25 And replace the number of soldiers who have been cut down of yours, and the horses, in accord with the earlier number of horses, and the chariots, in accord with the number of chariots that you had before. And we will fight against them in the plains, and you will see that we will prevail over them.” And he trusted in their counsel, and he did so.1 Kings 20:25
1 Kings 22:22 And he said, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.’1 Kings 22:22
Number of the word / term Prevail in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 3:24 And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.2 Kings 3:24
2 Kings 3:26 And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.2 Kings 3:26
2 Kings 14:10 You have struck and prevailed over Idumea. And your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your own glory, and be seated your own house. Why would you provoke evil, so that you would fall, and Judah with you?”2 Kings 14:10
2 Kings 25:3 on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.2 Kings 25:3
Number of the word / term Prevail in 2 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 19:12 And he said: “If the Syrians prevail over me, then you shall be a help to me. But if the sons of Ammon prevail over you, I will be a safeguard for you.1 Chronicles 19:12
1 Chronicles 21:4 But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 21:4
Number of the word / term Prevail in 1 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 2:6 So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.2 Chronicles 2:6
2 Chronicles 13:7 And there were gathered to him very vain men, and sons of Belial. And they prevailed against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. For Rehoboam was inexperienced, and he had a fearful heart, and so he was unable to resist them.2 Chronicles 13:7
2 Chronicles 14:11 And he called upon the Lord God, and he said: “O Lord, there is no difference to you, whether you assist by few, or by many. Help us, O Lord our God. For having faith in you and in your name, we have gone forth against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God. Do not allow man to prevail against you.”2 Chronicles 14:11
2 Chronicles 18:21 And he responded, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive and prevail. Go forth and do so.’2 Chronicles 18:21
2 Chronicles 32:13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of the nations and all the lands prevailed so as to free their region from my hand?2 Chronicles 32:13
Number of the word / term Prevail in 2 Chronicles: 5
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Job
Job 9:33 There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.Job 9:33
Job 15:24 Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.Job 15:24
Job 30:13 They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.Job 30:13
Number of the word / term Prevail in Job: 3
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.Psalm 1:5
Psalm 13:5 lest at any time my enemy may say, “I have prevailed against him.” Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.Psalm 13:5
Psalm 51:4 Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.Psalm 51:4
Psalm 52:7 “Behold the man who did not set God as his helper. But he hoped in the multitude of his riches, and so he prevailed in his emptiness.”Psalm 52:7
Psalm 65:3 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.Psalm 65:3
Psalm 129:2 they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.Psalm 129:2
Psalm 139:6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.Psalm 139:6
Psalm 141:6 Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks. They will hear my words, which have prevailed,Psalm 141:6
Number of the word / term Prevail in Psalm: 8
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her.Proverbs 3:15
Number of the word / term Prevail in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 4:12 And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.Ecclesiastes 4:12
Number of the word / term Prevail in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,Isaiah 2:12
Isaiah 9:4 For you have prevailed over the yoke of their burden, and over the rod of their shoulder, and over the scepter of their oppressor, as in the day of Midian.Isaiah 9:4
Isaiah 16:12 And this shall be: when it is seen that Moab has struggled upon his high places, he will enter his holy places to pray, but he will not prevail.Isaiah 16:12
Isaiah 29:5 And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.Isaiah 29:5
Isaiah 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.Isaiah 29:7
Isaiah 33:23 Your ropes have become loose, and they will not prevail. Your mast will be such that you will not be able to unfurl a flag. Then the spoils of much plunder will be divided. The lame will seize the spoils.Isaiah 33:23
Isaiah 42:13 The Lord will go forth like a strong man; like a man of battle, he will stir up zeal. He will shout and cry out. He will prevail against his enemies.Isaiah 42:13
Number of the word / term Prevail in Isaiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:19 And they will make war against you, but they will not prevail. For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may free you.”Jeremiah 1:19
Jeremiah 5:22 So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.Jeremiah 5:22
Jeremiah 15:20 And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.Jeremiah 15:20
Jeremiah 20:7 “You have led me away, O Lord, and I have been led away. You have been stronger than I, and you have prevailed. I have become a derision all day long; everyone mocks me.Jeremiah 20:7
Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the insults of many, and terror all around: ‘Persecute him!’ and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side. ‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived, and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’Jeremiah 20:10
Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, in which he instructed his sons, so that they would not drink wine, have prevailed. And they have not drunk wine, even to this day. For they have obeyed the instruction of their father. But I have spoken to you, rising and speaking from early morning, and you did not obey me.Jeremiah 35:14
Jeremiah 37:20 Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king. Let my petition prevail in your sight. And do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”Jeremiah 37:20
Jeremiah 38:22 Behold, all the women who remain in the house of the king of Judah will be led away to the rulers of the king of Babylon. And the women will say: ‘Your men of peacefulness have led you astray, and they have prevailed against you. They have immersed your feet in mud and have set them in a slippery place. And they have withdrawn from you.’Jeremiah 38:22
Number of the word / term Prevail in Jeremiah: 8
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:16 AIN. For this I weep, and my eyes bring forth water. For the consoler has been far away from me, changing my soul. My sons have become lost, because the enemy has prevailed.Lamentations 1:16
Number of the word / term Prevail in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 22:14 How can your heart endure, or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.Ezekiel 22:14
Number of the word / term Prevail in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 6:20 And coming near to the den, he cried out with a tearful voice to Daniel and spoke to him. “Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you serve always, do you believe he has prevailed to free you from the lions?”Daniel 6:20
Daniel 7:21 I watched, and behold, that horn made war against the holy ones and prevailed over them,Daniel 7:21
Daniel 11:5 And the king of the South will be reinforced, yet one of his leaders will prevail over him, and he will rule with riches, for great is his domain.Daniel 11:5
Daniel 11:8 And, in addition, he will carry away captive into Egypt their gods, and their graven images, and likewise their precious vessels of gold and silver. He will prevail against the king of the North.Daniel 11:8
Daniel 11:12 And he will seize a multitude, and his heart will be exalted, and he will cast down many thousands, but he will not prevail.Daniel 11:12
Number of the word / term Prevail in Daniel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 12:4 And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.Hosea 12:4
Number of the word / term Prevail in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Obadiah
Obadiah 1:7 They have sent you out all the way to the limit. All the men of your alliance have deceived you. Your men of peace have prevailed against you. Those who eat with you will place snares under you. There is no foresight in him.Obadiah 1:7
Number of the word / term Prevail in Obadiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:4 Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued.Habakkuk 1:4
Number of the word / term Prevail in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.Matthew 16:18
Number of the word / term Prevail in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Acts
Acts 19:16 And the man, in whom there was a wicked spirit, leaping at them and getting the better of them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house, naked and wounded.Acts 19:16
Number of the word / term Prevail in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Romans
Romans 3:4 For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”Romans 3:4
Romans 12:21 Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.Romans 12:21
Number of the word / term Prevail in Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails over anything, but only faith which works through charity.Galatians 5:6
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.Galatians 6:15
Number of the word / term Prevail in Galatians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book James
James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.James 5:16
Number of the word / term Prevail in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Prevail’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 2:7 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of my God.Revelation 2:7
Revelation 2:11 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. Whoever will prevail, he shall not be harmed by the second death.Revelation 2:11
Revelation 2:17 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white emblem, and on the emblem, a new name has been written, which no one knows, except the one who receives it.Revelation 2:17
Revelation 2:26 And whoever will prevail and will observe my works even unto the end, I will give to him authority over the nations.Revelation 2:26
Revelation 3:5 Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels.Revelation 3:5
Revelation 3:12 Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.Revelation 3:12
Revelation 3:21 Whoever prevails, I will grant to him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also have overcome and have sat down with my Father on his throne.Revelation 3:21
Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me: “Weep not. Behold, the lion from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to break its seven seals.”Revelation 5:5
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was holding a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, so that he might prevail.Revelation 6:2
Revelation 12:8 But they did not prevail, and a place for them was no longer found in heaven.Revelation 12:8
Revelation 21:7 Whoever prevails shall possess these things. And I will be his God, and he shall be my son.Revelation 21:7
Number of the word / term ‘Prevail’ in Revelation: 11
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 84
