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Bible Verses for Strength & Courage

King James Version (KJV)

When you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or like you simply cannot go on, the Bible consistently points to a source of strength beyond your own. Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait on the Lord will "renew their strength" — soaring on eagles' wings even in their weariness.

These Bible verses for strength are for the moments when you need more than you have — more courage, more endurance, more resolve. They are reminders that God's power is made perfect in weakness, and that you do not face your battles alone.

John 3:16
2236 votes

“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”

Romans 12:2
2116 votes

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

1 Corinthians 6:19
1885 votes

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

1 Corinthians 13:4
1213 votes

“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”

1 John 1:9
1186 votes

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

1 Corinthians 13:5
1176 votes

“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”

1 Corinthians 13:7
1140 votes

“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”

1 Corinthians 13:6
1112 votes

“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”

Philippians 4:6
1104 votes

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

Proverbs 3:5
1028 votes

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

Philippians 4:13
996 votes

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Ephesians 4:29
952 votes

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

Proverbs 3:6
895 votes

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

1 Corinthians 10:13
873 votes

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].”

John 3:17
848 votes

“‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.›”

Isaiah 41:10
840 votes

“¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”

Philippians 4:7
740 votes

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

1 Corinthians 13:8
733 votes

“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”

Isaiah 40:31
628 votes

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.”

2 Timothy 1:7
628 votes

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Hebrews 13:5
617 votes

“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

1 Corinthians 13:11
616 votes

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

1 Corinthians 13:13
586 votes

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”

1 Corinthians 13:12
542 votes

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

1 Corinthians 13:2
531 votes

“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

1 Corinthians 13:10
530 votes

“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”

1 Corinthians 13:3
528 votes

“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

1 Corinthians 13:9
521 votes

“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”

John 14:27
508 votes

“‹Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.›”

1 Corinthians 13:1
508 votes

“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”

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