Bible Verses About Boldness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for boldness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,883 votes, led by Proverbs 28:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Boldness
Proverbs 28:1546 votes
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Acts 28:31496 votes
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Acts 4:31477 votes
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Ephesians 3:12469 votes
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Acts 4:29417 votes
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Acts 4:13413 votes
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:12403 votes
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Hebrews 13:6397 votes
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Ephesians 6:19339 votes
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Hebrews 4:16316 votes
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Joshua 1:9289 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Psalms 138:3243 votes
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
2 Timothy 1:6-7240 votes
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Philippians 1:20221 votes
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
1 John 5:14190 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
2 Timothy 1:7186 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Philemon 1:8185 votes
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
Hebrews 10:19-25174 votes
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Acts 13:46166 votes
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 16:13157 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Romans 12:1-2155 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Hebrews 10:19152 votes
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 2:2143 votes
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
Acts 19:8131 votes
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 10:2126 votes
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
What does the Bible say about boldness?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 28:1 on the subject of boldness. Across 10,883 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 28:31, Acts 4:31, Ephesians 3:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.