Quotes about Determination

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!