Bible Verses about Encouragement

But those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31 | NIV | hope strength

When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2 | NIV | trust

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord
your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 | NIV | God fear

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 | NIV | learning neighbor

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 | NIV | hope rest weakness

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves
receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 | NIV | suffering worship comforter

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the
work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58 | NIV | obedience reward work

Since you are precious and honored in my sight,

and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
nations in exchange for your life.
Isaiah 43:4 | NIV | love salvation
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 | NIV | creation dependence

Even though I walk

through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 | NIV | fear death

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 | NIV | peace overcoming world

Be strong and take heart,

all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24 | NIV | hope heart

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day
approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25 | NIV | second coming community equipment

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17 | NIV | eternal life suffering reward

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 | NIV | peace worry world

All hard work brings a profit,

but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 | NIV | reliability speaking

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Psalm 32:8 | NIV | understanding learning
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psalm 90:17 | NIV | mercy work

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 | NIV | God protection

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other
that Christ Jesus had.
Romans 15:5 | NIV | community patience comforter

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
Romans 15:2 | NIV | selfishness neighbor

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13 | NIV | faith strength

For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does
not have.
2 Corinthians 8:12 | NIV | giving generosity

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of
your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12:6-7 | NIV | valuable fear
 Bible Verses about Hope

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 | NIV | planning blessing

Why, my soul, are you downcast?

Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Psalm 42:11 | NIV | worship soul

But those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31 | NIV | encouragement strength

The Lord will keep you from all harm—

he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121:7-8 | NIV | life evil

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 | NIV | faith Spirit

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 | NIV | faith truth

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 | NIV | encouragement rest weakness

You are my refuge and my shield;

I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 119:114 | NIV | Word of God protection

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13 | NIV | faith love
Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24 | NIV | encouragement heart

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 | NIV | life heart sickness

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,

because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners.
Isaiah 61:1 | NIV | Spirit redeemer

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23 | NIV | reliability acknowledge

I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,

and in his word I put my hope.
Psalm 130:5 | NIV | Word of God soul

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Romans 8:25 | NIV | trust patience

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to
give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
1 Peter 3:15 | NIV | evangelism Jesus

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3 | NIV | resurrection rebirth

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,

even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 33:22 | NIV | trust reliability
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.
Ephesians 4:4 | NIV | Spirit calling

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:27 | NIV | evangelism Jesus
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4 | NIV | suffering joy

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit, who has been given to us.
Romans 5:5 | NIV | heart Spirit love
 Bible Verses about Faith

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in
love.
Ephesians 3:16-17 | NIV | love Spirit

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 | NIV | prayer receiving

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 | NIV | truth hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 | NIV | Spirit hope

But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6 | NIV | trust prayer

For we live by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7 | NIV | trust life

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he
exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 | NIV | joy reward

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him
and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the
salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9 | NIV | joy salvation

Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
James 1:3 | NIV | temptation addiction

Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
John 11:40 | NIV | Jesus

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they
die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26 | NIV | death resurrection
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
Romans 14:1 | NIV | community

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and
gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11 | NIV | love righteousness

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our
faith.
1 John 5:4 | NIV | God overcoming rebirth

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can
move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:2 | NIV | love prophecy

I have chosen the way of faithfulness;

I have set my heart on your laws.
Psalm 119:30 | NIV | law truth

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever
believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35 | NIV | food life

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the
road.
Mark 10:52 | NIV | salvation healing

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith
and are saved.
Romans 10:10 | NIV | speaking salvation

And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered
him faithful who had made the promise.
Hebrews 11:11 | NIV | trust reward

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
John 3:16 | NIV | mercy eternal life world

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ.
Galatians 3:26-27 | NIV | baptism children
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just
as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 | NIV | righteousness salvation

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16:16 | NIV | salvation baptism judgement

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have
eternal life.
1 John 5:13 | NIV | eternal life Jesus
 Bible Verses about Eternal life

For those who find me find life

and receive favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 8:35 | NIV | God wisdom

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who
has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are
one.
John 10:28-30 | NIV | Jesus Father

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,
will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10 | NIV | mercy suffering

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:17 | NIV | obedience desires world

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
John 3:16 | NIV | mercy faith world

Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 | NIV | holiness righteousness

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17 | NIV | suffering encouragement reward

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have
eternal life.
1 John 5:13 | NIV | faith Jesus

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is
unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 | NIV | materialism understanding

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 | NIV | sin reward judgement
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath
remains on them.
John 3:36 | NIV | faith obedience

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matthew 7:13-14 | NIV | salvation

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 17:3 | NIV | God Jesus

“But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in
them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 4:14 | NIV | transformation receiving

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18 | NIV | salvation suffering

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 10:39 | NIV | suffering life

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the
Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 | NIV | reliability God second coming

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.
John 6:27 | NIV | Jesus food

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your
good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12 | NIV | faith overcoming

For the Lord loves the just

and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed;
the offspring of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 37:28 | NIV | reliability righteousness

But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his
immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16 | NIV | Jesus patience
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit,
from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Galatians 6:8 | NIV | sin Spirit

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to
intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:25 | NIV | Savior salvation

So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:21 | NIV | sin mercy

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and
he will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4 | NIV | God sadness worry
 Bible Verses about Sin

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 | NIV | purify evil repentance

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor
drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 | NIV | salvation kingdom idols

If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you
have won them over.
Matthew 18:15 | NIV | speaking listening

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24 | NIV | mercy Savior

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!
Romans 6:15 | NIV | mercy law

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires
and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5 | NIV | desires materialism idols

Direct my footsteps according to your word;

let no sin rule over me.
Psalm 119:133 | NIV | following evil

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own
eye?”
Matthew 7:3 | NIV | judgement

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore,
anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
James 4:4 | NIV | God friendship world

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 | NIV | love neighbor

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
Proverbs 10:9 | NIV | safety life
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently.
But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1 | NIV | temptation desires conversion

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of
the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45 | NIV | speaking blessing

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;
“by his wounds you have been healed.”
1 Peter 2:24 | NIV | righteousness healing

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:1-2 | NIV | mercy purify

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention
what the disobedient do in secret.
Ephesians 5:11-12 | NIV | speaking idols

If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
1 John 1:6 | NIV | honesty truth

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:14 | NIV | mercy forgiveness

Blessed is the one

who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers.
Psalm 1:1 | NIV | righteousness blessing

So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin,
but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:28 | NIV | sacrifice salvation

Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
James 3:10 | NIV | speaking worship blessing
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you
double-minded.
James 4:8 | NIV | purify righteousness repentance

Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,

for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.
Psalm 25:6-7 | NIV | mercy goodness

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,
because these are improper for God’s holy people.
Ephesians 5:3 | NIV | greed holiness

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we
become conscious of our sin.
Romans 3:20 | NIV | law righteousness
 Bible Verses about Forgiveness

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,

but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9 | NIV | friendship

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 | NIV | compassion goodness

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:14 | NIV | sin mercy

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the
Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 | NIV | peace neighbor

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 | NIV | humility healing conversion

Who is a God like you,

who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
Micah 7:18 | NIV | sin mercy

You, Lord, are forgiving and good,

abounding in love to all who call to you.
Psalm 86:5 | NIV | reliability love

Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain
under the law of Moses.
Acts 13:38-39 | NIV | law Jesus

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you
will be forgiven.
Luke 6:37 | NIV | judgement

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 | NIV | sin Savior world
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s
grace.
Ephesians 1:7 | NIV | sin Savior

Peter replied, “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 2:38 | NIV | Spirit baptism conversion

Rend your heart

and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
Joel 2:13 | NIV | heart mercy love

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the
Lord.
Acts 3:19 | NIV | conversion sin repentance