Bible on Courage

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.

As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: