Straitened

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

• Church
• Darkness
• Temple

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? read more And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. show less

• Righteous

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.