34 Bible Verses about Encouragement
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that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.
If it is encouraging, devote yourself to encouraging others. If it is sharing, share generously. If it is leading, lead enthusiastically. If it is helping, help cheerfully.
When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.
who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.
I am sending him to you for this very reason, so that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts.
But the person who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding, encouragement, and comfort.
You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children.
For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.
Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.
For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.
Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow the Messiah Jesus,
After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders asked them, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak."
Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in the Messiah, if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy,
I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.
Therefore charge Joshua to be doubly strong, because he will lead this people and cause them to inherit the land that you'll see.'
and send Timothy, our brother who works with us for God in the gospel of the Messiah, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.
And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds,
to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.
LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully,
One man, Joseph, a descendant of Levi and a native of Cyprus, who was named Barnabas by the apostles (the name means "a son of encouragement"),
If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He is our merciful Father and the God of all comfort,
So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose so much as a hair from his head."
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All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven."
But he told them, "Stop being astonished! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.
But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."
That night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage! For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, you must testify in Rome, too."
Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid! Stand still and watch how the LORD will deliver you today, because you will never again see the Egyptians whom you're looking at today.
Topics on Encouragement
Encouragement In Life
Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding.
encouragement, examples of
2 Chronicles 32:6-7He appointed military officers to take charge of the people, who gathered them together in the square near the city gate and spoke to them encouragingly,
Suffering, Encouragements In
Psalm 103:13As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.