Bible Verses About Courage
For strength and fear, see Strength and Fear. For faith and trust, see Faith and Trust. For stories of pressure and courage, see Jesus in the Wilderness and Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife. Text: World English Bible (public domain).
Bible verses about courage usually pair the command be strong and courageous with a promise that God is present. Key passages include Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:6, and 2 Timothy 1:7. Other verses speak of waiting on the Lord for courage, and of taking heart in trouble.
Verses
Joshua 1:9. Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:6–7. 6 “Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
Deuteronomy 31:6. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
2 Timothy 1:7. For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Psalm 27:1. By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 31:24. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.
1 Corinthians 16:13. Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
Isaiah 41:10. Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalm 23:4. 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.
John 16:33. I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
Psalm 56:3–4. 3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Isaiah 41:13. For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
1 Chronicles 28:20. David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed, for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.
Daniel 10:19. He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
Ephesians 6:10. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Psalm 27:14. Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 32:7. “Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him.