34 Bible Verses about Encouragement
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that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}, both yours and mine.
Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}, just as indeed you are doing.
if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
{When} I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul [with] strength.
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.
whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], that you may know {our circumstances}, and he may encourage your hearts.
But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.
just as you know how [we treated] each one of you, like a father his own children,
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you {to be in agreement} with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,
So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent [word] to them, saying, "Men [and] brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say [it]."
Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
Great [is] my confidence toward you; great [is] my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.
Now instruct Joshua and support him and encourage him because he himself will cross [over] before this people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.'
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,
I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.
And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,
preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.
[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}
So Joseph, who was called Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated "son of encouragement"), a Levite of Cyprus by nationality,
Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
Therefore I urge you to take [some] food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost."
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And behold, they brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher, and [when] Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, child, your sins are forgiven."
But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him!
And Jesus came and touched them [and] said, "Get up and do not be afraid."
And the next night the Lord stood by him [and] said, "Have courage, for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
And Moses said to the people, "You must not be afraid. Stand [still] and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will accomplish for you today, because [the] Egyptians whom you see today you will see never again.
Topics on Encouragement
Encouragement In Life
Proverbs 3:5-6{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
encouragement, examples of
2 Chronicles 32:6-7And he appointed commanders for battle over the people and gathered them to himself into the public square of the gate of the city. And he spoke to their hearts, saying,
Suffering, Encouragements In
Psalm 103:13As a father pities [his] children, [so] Yahweh pities those who fear him.