Bible Verses About Cowards
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for cowards, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 32,279 votes, led by Revelation 21:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Cowards
Revelation 21:81,370 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Proverbs 28:1694 votes
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Revelation 22:15544 votes
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
2 Timothy 1:7532 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Proverbs 29:25457 votes
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Revelation 2:11440 votes
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
1 Corinthians 6:9434 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Isaiah 51:12430 votes
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
Deuteronomy 20:8423 votes
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
Judges 7:3417 votes
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
1 Corinthians 16:13401 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Revelation 1:1396 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Luke 22:54-60378 votes
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
Mark 14:66-72377 votes
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
John 3:16-17361 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Matthew 8:26350 votes
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Joshua 23:10345 votes
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Galatians 2:11-14344 votes
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Revelation 9:17339 votes
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Revelation 21:27337 votes
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
John 3:2334 votes
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
John 9:22331 votes
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Joshua 7:5329 votes
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
2 Timothy 4:16329 votes
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Galatians 6:12328 votes
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
What does the Bible say about cowards?
Readers most often cite Revelation 21:8 on the subject of cowards. Across 32,279 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 28:1, Revelation 22:15, 2 Timothy 1:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.