Encouragement

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• Joshua 1:9

  Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

• John 16:33

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

• 2 Timothy 1:7

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

• Romans 15:13

  Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:11

  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

• Isaiah 40:31

  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.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• Psalms 31:24

  Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• John 14:27

  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.

• Hebrews 10:24–25

  And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

• 1 Corinthians 15:58

  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

• Romans 15:4

  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

• 1 Corinthians 16:13

  Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

• Matthew 11:28

  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

• Isaiah 43:2

  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

• Psalms 23:4

  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

• Proverbs 3:5–6

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

• Deuteronomy 31:6

  Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

• Ephesians 4:29

  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.

• Psalms 34:4

  I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

• Psalms 37:4

  Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

• Psalms 32:8

  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

• Mark 11:24

  Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

• Psalms 28:7

  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

• Isaiah 41:10

  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.

• Psalms 121:1–8

  A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. …

• Romans 8:31

  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

• Romans 15:5

  Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

• 2 Corinthians 1:3–4

  Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

• Romans 8:28

  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

• Psalms 121:1–2

  A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

• Deuteronomy 31:8

  And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

• Romans 15:2

  Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

• Psalms 55:22

  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

• Philippians 1:6

  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

• 2 Corinthians 4:17

  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

• Psalms 90:17

  And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

• 2 Corinthians 4:16–18

  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

• Psalms 27:1

  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?