'Encourage' in the Bible

Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

Then Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, said a lot to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

They are publicly teaching customs which are unlawful for us, as Romans, to accept or observe.”

Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.”

In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.

[when we are] slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all [things], until now.

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.

so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

I am sending him to you for this very reason, to let you know how we are and to encourage your hearts.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are and so that he may encourage your hearts.

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers, to do so even more,

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.

We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.

We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example or pattern for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

Those who have believing masters should not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but should serve them better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.Teach and encourage these things.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled

Say these things, and encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

or to governors as sent by him to bring punishment to those who do wrong, and to praise and encourage those who do right.

Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is to be the true grace of God in which you are to stand firm!

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.