Acts 15:32
Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.
Acts 11:23
who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},
Acts 13:1
Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."
Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen [the] weak hands and make [the] staggering knees firm.
Daniel 11:1
"And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, {I stood} as a support and as a protection for him.
Matthew 23:34
For this [reason], behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. [Some] of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town,
Luke 11:49
For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'
Acts 2:17-18
'And it will be in the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:40
And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation!"
Acts 11:27
Now in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 15:1
And some men came down from Judea [and] began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom [prescribed] by Moses, you cannot be saved."
Acts 15:22
Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men [who were] leaders among the brothers--
Acts 15:41
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Acts 18:23
And [after] spending some time [there], he departed, traveling through one [place] after another [in] the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Acts 20:2
And [after he] had gone through those regions and encouraged them {at length}, he came to Greece
Romans 12:6
but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;
Romans 12:8
if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:28-29
and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:3
But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.
1 Corinthians 14:29
Let two or three prophets speak, and the others evaluate.
1 Corinthians 14:32
and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
Ephesians 3:5
(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):
Ephesians 4:11-13
And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers
1 Thessalonians 2:11
just as you know how [we treated] each one of you, like a father his own children,
1 Thessalonians 3:2
and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].
1 Thessalonians 5:20
Do not despise prophecies,
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.
1 Timothy 2:1
Therefore, I urge first of all [that] petitions, prayers, requests, [and] thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
Titus 2:6-15
Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,
1 Peter 5:1
Therefore [I, your] fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, [and] also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you:
1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, [after you] have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, [and] establish [you].
1 Peter 5:12
Through Silvanus, the faithful brother (as I consider [him]), I have written to you {briefly} to encourage [you] and to attest that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.