28 Bible Verses-God Gives Courage …

What is courage?

Is courage the absence of fear?

Maybe…

But what about other definitions of courage?

What about the definitions that say courage is the ability to keep going …

Even when we are afraid.

After all, what courage does it take to keep going when we see no obstacles?

What courage does it take to keep going down a road that is clear?

But to keep going when we see danger ahead…

To keep going when we are very afraid…

Afraid perhaps even for our lives…

That is real courage.

But where do we find such courage?

People in the Bible found that courage in God Himself…

God gave them the courage for their everyday lives…

Will He do the same for us?

Read these Top 28 Bible Verses-God Gives Courage …

Joshua 1:9 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

2 Timothy 1:7 

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

1 Corinthians 16:13 

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Psalm 27:14 

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Proverbs 3:5-6 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

1 Chronicles 28:20 

Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

Psalm 31:24 

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Philippians 4:13 

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:10-18 

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, …

Psalm 112:7 

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.

God doesn’t just give us courage…

He also gives us Hope…

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Isaiah 41:10 

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Chronicles 22:13 

…Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

Matthew 10:16-20 

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Psalm 16:8 

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Psalm 27:1 

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 56:3-4 

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Isaiah 12:2 

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Romans 8:31-39 

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? …

1 Chronicles 16:11 

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

2 Samuel 10:12 

Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

Deuteronomy 31:23 

And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.”

Matthew 10:28 

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

1 Kings 2:2 

“I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,

Jeremiah 29:11 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Luke 12:4 

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

Isaiah 26:3 

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Ephesians 6:10 

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Top 28 Bible Verses-God Gives Courage …

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