5 Bible Verses about Wrestling
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When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.
Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him at Bethel,
and there He spoke with him.
Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.
For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
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For our battle is not against flesh
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For our battle is not against flesh
Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob's hip as they wrestled and dislocated his hip socket.