48 Bible Verses about Boldness

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him,

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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

Wherefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient.

Great is my boldness of speech towards you, great is my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, then have we confidence towards God.

And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found by them that sought me not; I was made manifest to them that asked not for me.

But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

In the day when I cried thou didst answer me, and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

For which I am an embassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

But Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as ye know, at Phillippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

By stretching forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

And their nobles shall be from themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach time: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach to me? saith the LORD.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly to you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me from God.