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100 Bible Verses about Encouraging Others

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 411 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 277 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 257 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 177 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 140 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.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 132 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Hebrews 3:13 ESV / 124 helpful votes

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Romans 15:4 ESV / 111 helpful votes

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 109 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 90 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 16:33 ESV / 83 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.”

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 81 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.”

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 74 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.

Romans 15:5 ESV / 72 helpful votes

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

John 14:27 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 70 helpful votes

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.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 67 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.

Romans 15:2 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 61 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 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 60 helpful votes

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

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 59 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.”

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 57 helpful votes

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

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 57 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 53 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Mark 11:24 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 51 helpful votes

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Romans 8:31 ESV / 50 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 40:30-31 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 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.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 47 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 46 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV / 42 helpful votes

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Acts 14:21-28 ESV / 42 helpful votes

When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 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. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, ...

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 41 helpful votes

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

Luke 12:6-7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Psalm 121:1-2 ESV / 41 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 40 helpful votes

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Romans 14:19 ESV / 40 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Acts 15:32 ESV / 39 helpful votes

And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 37 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.

John 3:16 ESV / 36 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.

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 34 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 8:12 ESV / 34 helpful votes

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Isaiah 43:4 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 32 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 32 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Acts 14:22 ESV / 31 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.

Acts 4:36 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

1 Thessalonians 3:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

Proverbs 10:11 ESV / 29 helpful votes

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:16 ESV / 28 helpful votes

From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Acts 15:31 ESV / 28 helpful votes

And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 27 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Colossians 4:8 ESV / 27 helpful votes

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,

Luke 1:37 ESV / 27 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 26 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.

Colossians 2:2 ESV / 25 helpful votes

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Philippians 2:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

John 13:34-35 ESV / 24 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 24 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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 24 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 24 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?

Psalm 16:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

2 Peter 1:12 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

1 Thessalonians 2:11 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For you know how, like a father with his children,

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Psalm 100:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Acts 27:36 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

John 15:13 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 19 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Isaiah 51:12 ESV / 19 helpful votes

“I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,

Romans 1:11-12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

Psalm 63:1-11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, ...

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 17 helpful votes

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Philippians 4:1-23 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; ...

Romans 12:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Psalm 24:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Acts 2:32 ESV / 12 helpful votes

This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

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