Bible Verses About Encouragement
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for encouragement, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 168,896 votes, led by Joshua 1:9. Each passage links into the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Encouragement
Joshua 1:94,097 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 16:333,628 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 Timothy 1:73,131 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Romans 15:133,055 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:113,045 votes
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Isaiah 40:312,970 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Philippians 4:132,845 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Psalms 31:242,483 votes
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:112,453 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.
John 14:272,440 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Hebrews 10:24-252,324 votes
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
1 Corinthians 15:582,251 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 15:42,242 votes
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
1 Corinthians 16:132,219 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Matthew 11:282,155 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Isaiah 43:22,062 votes
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Psalms 23:42,007 votes
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Proverbs 3:5-61,966 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Deuteronomy 31:61,942 votes
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Ephesians 4:291,934 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Psalms 34:41,907 votes
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 37:41,900 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms 32:81,851 votes
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Mark 11:241,846 votes
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Psalms 28:71,826 votes
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.