Being An Encourager

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets; — read the full passage →

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. — read the full passage →

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful. — read the full passage →

Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, — read the full passage →

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

The high priest said, “Are these things so?” — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,