Joshua 1: 9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Proverbs 18:10
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Psalm 16:8: “I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”
Psalm 23:4: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 31:24: “Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!”
Psalm 46:7: “The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.”
Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 62:6: “He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.”
Psalm 118:14-16: “The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: ‘The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!’”
Psalm 119:114-115: “You are my hiding place and my shield;I hope in your word. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.”
Psalm 119:50: “This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.”
Psalm 120:1: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.”
Isaiah 26:3: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”
Isaiah 40:31: “But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 41:10: “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”
Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Mark 10:27: “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.’”
John 16:33: “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
Philippians 4:19: “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
1 Peter 5:7: “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”
1 John 3:22: “And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.”
Exodus 15:2: “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
1 Chronicles 29:12: “Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.”
Zephaniah 3:17: “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
Nehemiah 8:10: “Then he said to them, ‘Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.’”
Psalm 8:2: “Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.”
Psalm 18:1-2: “I love you, O LORD, my strength.The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Psalm 27:1: “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Psalm 37:39: “The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.”
Psalm 46:1-3: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.”
Psalm 71:16: “With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.”
Psalm 119:28: “My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!”
Psalm 138:3: “On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.”
Isaiah 12:2: “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 40:28-31: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Habakkuk 3:19: “GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.”
Matthew 6:34: “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 19:26: “But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”
Mark 12:30: “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
2 Corinthians 4:16: “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Ephesians 3:16: “That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being.”
Ephesians 6:10: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”
Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
2 Timothy 1:7: “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
Whoa! That’s a lot of encouraging bible verses for you to read, meditate on, take heart in, gain inspiration from, and use to overcome discouragement in your life.
