Bible Verses About Discouragement
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for discouragement, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,028 votes, led by Jeremiah 29:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Discouragement
Jeremiah 29:11447 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Proverbs 3:5-6426 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Joshua 1:9328 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.
John 16:33298 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 12:9289 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
1 Peter 5:7236 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Romans 8:26213 votes
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 8:31164 votes
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
1 Corinthians 15:58158 votes
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Romans 15:13150 votes
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
James 4:7133 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Deuteronomy 31:8130 votes
And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Psalms 31:24130 votes
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Isaiah 53:1-12109 votes
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 Corinthians 4:17-18102 votes
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Hebrews 11:687 votes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 12:186 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
John 10:1083 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Isaiah 41:10-1476 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 26:374 votes
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
1 Chronicles 22:1363 votes
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
Ephesians 2:855 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Proverbs 13:1254 votes
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
3 John 1:251 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Matthew 6:3350 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
What does the Bible say about discouragement?
Readers most often cite Jeremiah 29:11 on the subject of discouragement. Across 5,028 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 3:5-6, Joshua 1:9, John 16:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.