17 Bible Verses about God Strengthening People

Further, David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all of them were embittered, each man for his sons and daughters. But David felt strengthened and encouraged in the Lord his God.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms and he will groan before him (Nebuchadnezzar) with the groanings of a [mortally] wounded man.

But I will strengthen and hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. Then the people [of Egypt] will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened and empowered me, so that through me the [gospel] message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

On the day I called, You answered me;
And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.

“For You have surrounded me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who stood against me.

For You have encircled me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

There the Lord greatly increased [the number of] His people,
And made them more powerful than their enemies.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

Then he seized the man’s right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankles became strong and steady,

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health and complete wholeness in your presence.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service [for this ministry],

Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts His blessing and favor], who called you to His own eternal glory in Christ, will Himself complete, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [making you what you ought to be].

“Your strongholds will be iron and bronze,
And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.

With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast;
My arm also shall strengthen him.

And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went [into the woods] to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God.