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100 Bible Verses About Faith & Courage


Deuteronomy 31:6
 ESV / 15 helpful votes 

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.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes 

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

John 16:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes 

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes 

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.

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes 

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

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes 

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

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes 

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes 

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

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes 

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.”

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 9:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

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.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

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?

1 Chronicles 28:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes 

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.

James 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Acts 4:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Matthew 21:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Proverbs 28:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Psalm 56:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

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?

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

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

Exodus 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes 

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

1 John 5:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Hebrews 11:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Philippians 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Ephesians 6:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

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

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Galatians 3:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; …

1 Corinthians 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Acts 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

Acts 4:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. …

John 8:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 17:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Habakkuk 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Isaiah 54:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …

Psalm 18:32-34 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

1 Chronicles 22:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

Genesis 6:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes 

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Jude 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

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

1 Peter 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

1 Peter 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 3:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

1 Peter 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

James 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

James 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

James 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Hebrews 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. …

Hebrews 10:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

Hebrews 3:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, …

Titus 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

2 Timothy 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Timothy 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

1 Timothy 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,

1 Timothy 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 Thessalonians 3:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.

Philippians 1:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

And not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

Philippians 1:12-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

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, …

Galatians 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Galatians 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Galatians 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

2 Corinthians 1:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:31-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

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? …

Romans 8:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 5:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. …

Romans 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Acts 26:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Acts 24:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

Acts 20:22-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 14:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes 

Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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