15 Bible Verses about Courage
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Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.
But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid."
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.
"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: *I* have won the victory over the world."
As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.
So that we fearlessly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?"
In conclusion, strengthen yourselves in the Lord and in the power which His supreme might imparts.
"Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.
We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;
From Thematic Bible
Courage » Being courageous
Courage » Examples of » David
Courage » Examples of » Christ
Through faith the child Moses was hid for three months by his parents, because they saw his rare beauty; and the king's edict had no terror for them.
"O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were.
"Do you refuse to speak even to me?" asked Pilate; "do you not know that I have it in my power either to release you or to crucify you?" "You would have had no power whatever over me," replied Jesus, "had it not been granted you from above. On that account he who has delivered me up to you is more guilty than you are."
Through faith he left Egypt, not being frightened by the king's anger; for he held on his course as seeing the unseen One.
Courage » Scriptures relating to
Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.
Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News. Never for a moment quail before your antagonists. Your fearlessness will be to them a sure token of impending destruction, but to you it will be a sure token of your salvation--a token coming from God.
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Peter and other disciples
When they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were, one and all, filled with the Holy Spirit, and proceeded to tell God's Message with boldness.
Peter, seeing this, spoke to the people. "Israelites," he said, "why do you wonder at this man? Or why gaze at us, as though by any power or piety of our own we had enabled him to walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has conferred this honour on His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go. Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer. read more.
The Prince of Life you put to death; but God has raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses as to that. It is His name-- faith in that name being the condition--which has strengthened this man whom you behold and know; and the faith which He has given has made this man sound and strong again, as you can all see. "And now, brethren, I know that it was in ignorance that you did it, as was the case with your rulers also. But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer. Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord, and that He may send the Christ appointed beforehand for you--even Jesus. Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things. Moses declared, "'The Lord your God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brethren as He has raised me. In all that He says to you, you must listen to Him. And every one, without exception, who refuses to listen to that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the People.' Yes, and all the Prophets, from Samuel onwards--all who have spoken--have also announced the coming of this present time. "You are the heirs of the Prophets, and of the Covenant which God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham, 'And through your posterity all the families of the world shall be blessed.' It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness."
if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man has been cured; be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene, whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among the dead-- through that name this man stands here before you in perfect health. This Jesus is the Stone treated with contempt by you the builders, but it has been made the Cornerstone. read more.
And in no other is the great salvation to be found; for, in fact, there is no second name under Heaven that has been given among men through which we are to be saved." As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.
But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God. As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
Courage » Encouraged upon joshua
Courage » Examples of » Daniel
Courage » Examples of » Caleb
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Paul, in going to jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him
"And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me. But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
But this I confess to you--that in the way which they style a heresy, I worship the God of our forefathers, believing everything that is taught in the Law or is written in the Prophets,
Courage » The israelites
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Esther, in going to the king to save her people
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Joshua and caleb, in advising that israel go at once and possess the land
Courage » Solomon
Courage » Examples of » The three captives
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Peter and john, in refusing to obey men, rather than God
But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God.
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » The apostles, under persecution
Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.
Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man. The God of our forefathers has raised Jesus to life, whom you crucified and put to death. God has exalted Him to His right hand as Chief Leader and as Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. read more.
And we--and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him--are witnesses as to these things."
Courage » Examples of » Jonathan
Courage » Examples of » Nehemiah
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Othniel, in striking kirjath-sepher
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from babylon to palestine without a guard
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » In entering into the tent of saul, and carrying away saul's spear
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » The three hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of nebuchadnezzar
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Gideon, in destroying the altar of baal
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » In offering isaac
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Nehemiah, in refusing to take refuge in the temple
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Joab, in reproving king david
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Jael, in killing sisera
Courage » Asa
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Gideon, in attacking the confederate armies of the midianites and amalekites with three hundred men
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Thomas, in being willing to die with jesus
"Let us go also," Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "that we may die with him."
Courage » Encouraged by jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive officers be appointed
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » The jews, in returning answer to tatnai
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Joseph of arimathaea, in caring for the body of jesus
Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Daniel, in persisting in prayer regardless of the edict against praying
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David's captains
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Deborah, in leading israel's armies
Daniel » Characteristics of » Courage
Job » A man who lived in uz » Courage
Remember that we call those blessed who endured what they did. You have also heard of Job's patient endurance, and have seen the issue of the Lord's dealings with him--how full of tenderness and pity the Lord is.
John the baptist » Characteristics of » Courage
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Joshua » Characteristics of » Courage
Nehemiah » Courage
Paul » Characteristics of » Courage
But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you."
But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
So the jailer brought Paul word, saying, "The praetors have sent orders for you to be released. Now therefore you can go, and proceed on your way in peace." But Paul said to them, "After cruelly beating us in public, without trial, Roman citizens though we are, they have thrown us into prison, and are they now going to send us away privately? No, indeed! Let them come in person and fetch us out."
Peter » Courage
His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go.
But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God. As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
"We strictly forbad you to teach in that name--did we not?" he said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying to make us responsible for that man's death!" Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.
Women » Queens » Esther » Characteristics of » Courage
Topics on Courage
Courage And Strength
2 Timothy 1:7For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.
Courage, Examples Of
Matthew 14:4because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Courage, In Facing Enemies
Philippians 1:28Never for a moment quail before your antagonists. Your fearlessness will be to them a sure token of impending destruction, but to you it will be a sure token of your salvation--a token coming from God.
Losing Courage
Mark 12:34Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
Take Courage!
Matthew 14:27But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid."
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