Encouragement

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.

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.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

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.

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.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

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.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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.

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.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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.

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.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. — read the full passage →

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

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

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. — read the full passage →

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.

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? — read the full passage →

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, — read the full passage →

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

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.

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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. — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →