37 Bible Verses about Encouraging Others

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.

Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.

Who consoles us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to console those who are in any trouble with the consolation that we ourselves receive from him.

Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.

And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you;

The speaker to his exhortation. Let the man who gives in charity do so with a generous heart; let him who is in authority exercise due diligence; let him who shows kindness do so in a cheerful spirit.

And now, brothers, good-bye. Aim at perfection; take courage; agree together; live in peace. And then God, the source of all love and peace, will be with you.

Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

I have indeed found great joy and encouragement in your love, knowing, as I do, how the hearts of Christ's People have been cheered, brother, by you.

But he who preaches is speaking to his fellow men words that will build up faith, and give them comfort and encouragement.

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

Rather encourage one another daily--while there is a 'To-day'--to prevent any one among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of Sin.

For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength--

but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.

If it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to his teaching,

Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord.

And besides this, most of our Brothers have gained confidence in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with far greater freedom to speak of God's Message fearlessly.

Keep before you, as an example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as you listened with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.

For you can all preach in turn, so that all may learn some lesson and all receive encouragement.

You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;

We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.

So that, God willing, I may be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and enjoy some rest among you.

Judas and Silas, who were themselves Prophets, further encouraged the Brethren by many an address, and strengthened their faith.

Proclaim the Message, be ready in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, encourage, never failing to instruct with forbearance.

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

We entreat you also, Brothers--warn the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, give a helping hand to the weak, and be patient with every one.

In the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God's hidden Truth,

Stand firm against him, strong in your faith; knowing, as you do, that the very sufferings which you are undergoing are being endured to the full by your Brotherhood throughout the world.

And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the Day drawing near.

Therefore I entreat you-Follow my example.

My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts.