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Bible Verses About Encouragement

Verses to lift you up, or to share with someone who needs encouragement today.

  1. Joshua 1:9

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid. Do not lose heart. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

  2. Deuteronomy 31:8

    The LORD himself goes ahead of you. He will be with you. He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or lose heart."

  3. Isaiah 41:10

    Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will make you strong. I will surely help you. I will hold you up with my righteous right hand.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

    So encourage each other and build each other up. You are already doing this.

  5. Hebrews 10:24-25

    24And let's think about how to push one another on to love and to do good things. 25Let's not stop meeting together, as some people have gotten in the habit of doing. Instead, let's encourage one another. Let's do it even more as you see the Day coming closer.

  6. Galatians 6:9

    Let us not get tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a harvest if we do not give up.

  7. Psalm 31:24

    Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

  8. Romans 8:31

    So what should we say about all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

  9. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

    16So we do not give up. Our outside self is wearing away. But our inside self is being made new day by day. 17Our troubles are light, and they last only a moment. They are making for us a glory that lasts forever. It is so heavy and great that nothing can compare to it. 18So we don't keep our eyes on what can be seen. We keep them on what can't be seen. What can be seen lasts only for a while. But what can't be seen lasts forever.

  10. Philippians 1:6

    I am sure of this: God began a good work in you, and he will keep at it. He will finish it by the day Christ Jesus comes back.

  11. Psalm 121:1-2

    1A song for going up to worship. I lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? 2My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

All verses from the Readable English Bible (READ), a free, open-source Bible in clear, simple English.

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