Bible Verses About Strength
Some days ask for more than you feel you have. These verses point to a strength that is renewed, not self-made.
Strength in Scripture is rarely self-generated — it is renewed, given, drawn from a source outside ourselves. Below is a collection of verified King James Version verses about strength, gathered for the seasons that ask more of you than you feel you have.
Bible Verses About Strength
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:1
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 27:14
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 37:39
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:1
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Psalms 103:20
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:9
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 40:10
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isaiah 40:26
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isaiah 40:29
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Isaiah 41:1
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.
Isaiah 41:10
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 41:21
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psalms 19:5
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 19:14
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 30:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 62:7
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Psalms 84:5
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Psalms 84:7
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Proverbs 31:3
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 31:4
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Proverbs 31:6
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs 31:17
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:25
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 26:1
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 26:4
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:2
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:3
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isaiah 30:7
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 30:15
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Romans 4:20
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Psalms 39:13
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:3
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms 71:7
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms 71:9
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Psalms 71:16
Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalms 71:18
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
Luke 11:21
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Luke 11:22
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalms 147:10
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Psalms 147:13
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Acts 3:7
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 3:16
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Hebrews 6:18
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 33:16
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalms 33:17
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 2:14
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark 12:33
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
2 Corinthians 1:8
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nahum 1:7
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Habakkuk 3:19
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms 31:2
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Psalms 31:4
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Psalms 31:10
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Psalms 31:21
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms 31:24
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms 73:4
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 73:26
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Psalms 119:28
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Acts 9:19
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Acts 9:22
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:1
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs 8:14
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Proverbs 8:28
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:15
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 10:29
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms 22:12
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 22:15
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 22:19
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms 35:10
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
Psalms 54:1
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms 60:7
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms 60:9
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Psalms 80:2
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:15
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:17
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalms 88:4
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Job 8:2
Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
1 Chronicles 29:12
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psalms 78:4
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Psalms 78:51
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
Psalms 78:61
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Numbers 6:3
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Deuteronomy 33:25
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
Judges 18:26
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 9:17
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
2 Chronicles 16:9
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings 9:24
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
1 Chronicles 22:13
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Exodus 6:1
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:2
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus 15:13
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Leviticus 26:20
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Numbers 13:18
And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
Numbers 13:19
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Numbers 13:28
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.
Numbers 13:31
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers 23:22
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:12
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Understanding Strength Through Scripture
Biblical strength is consistently pictured as something received rather than produced through willpower. Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait on the Lord “shall renew their strength” — the verb is renew, not generate, suggesting a resource that runs low and needs replenishing from somewhere else.
Philippians 4:13, often quoted in isolation, makes the same point in its full context: strength “through Christ,” not strength as a personal trait.
This idea appears throughout Bible Verses About Strength.
This is one of the reasons Bible Verses About Strength continue to resonate with so many readers.
What the Bible Teaches About Strength
2 Corinthians 12:9 goes further than simply offering strength — it reframes weakness itself, with God telling Paul that his “strength is made perfect in weakness.” This is a genuinely countercultural claim: admitting limitation is not framed as a failure of faith but as the exact condition strength shows up in.
It is a theme that runs through Bible Verses About Strength again and again.
This pairing — strength and weakness — shows up often enough in Scripture that it starts to look less like a paradox and more like a pattern. Gideon, Moses, and David are each introduced in circumstances that highlight their limitations before they are used in any significant way. The order matters: the weakness comes first, not as an obstacle to strength but as the setting it shows up in.
It is a theme found again in Bible Verses About Strength.
Finding Strength in Weakness
This matters for anyone in a season where they feel depleted rather than capable. The biblical pattern is not to wait until you feel strong to ask for help — it is to bring the weakness itself honestly to God, since that is where Scripture says his strength is most clearly seen.
Examples of Strength in Scripture
David facing Goliath is the most familiar example, but worth rereading for a detail often skipped: David explicitly refuses Saul’s armor, choosing instead the sling he already knew how to use, and names the Lord — not his own skill — as the reason he expects to win. The strength on display is confidence placed outside himself, not raw physical capability.
Similarly, Gideon’s army in Judges 7 is deliberately reduced from thousands to three hundred, specifically so the eventual victory could not be credited to Israel’s own strength. Scripture seems almost protective of this point: that the strength involved is not self-generated.
This pattern shows up throughout Bible Verses About Strength above.
Strength for Today's Battles
Joshua 1:9’s command to “be strong and of a good courage” is paired immediately with the reason: “for the LORD thy God is with thee.” The command and the reason are inseparable — courage here is not self-manufactured bravery but confidence based on not being alone.
You will notice this echoed in Bible Verses About Strength.
Building Lasting Strength
Practically, the verses above suggest strength is built less through isolated effort and more through consistent dependence — returning to prayer, to Scripture, and to community rather than trying to muscle through difficulty alone.
Several of Bible Verses About Strength touch on this same idea from a slightly different angle.
Practically, this suggests strength is less about intensifying personal effort and more about where that effort is directed — toward prayer, toward honest dependence, toward community — rather than trying to summon more willpower from an already depleted reserve.
Strength to Resist Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13 offers a specific promise about strength under a specific kind of pressure: God “will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able,” and will provide “a way to escape.” This is strength framed narrowly around resisting rather than broadly around achieving — a category of strength that gets less attention than strength for hardship, but is just as directly addressed in Scripture.
This point is reinforced across Bible Verses About Strength.
Strength That Rests
It is worth noting that biblical strength includes permission to stop. Elijah’s renewal in 1 Kings 19 begins not with a pep talk but with sleep and food — physical rest, provided before any spiritual instruction follows. Exodus 33:14’s promise, “My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest,” ties strength and rest together rather than treating rest as strength’s opposite.
This matters for anyone who equates strength with constant output. Scripture’s picture includes recovery as part of the process, not a failure to push through.
This is a thread that connects more than one of Bible Verses About Strength already covered.
A Few More Verses Worth Knowing
Nehemiah 8:10’s line — “the joy of the LORD is your strength” — ties strength to an unexpected source: joy, not grit. Psalm 18:32 credits God directly: “It is God that girdeth me with strength.” And Deuteronomy 31:6’s repeated command to “be strong and of a good courage” reappears throughout Scripture as a phrase worth returning to whenever courage runs low.
Strength in Numbers
Ecclesiastes 4:12’s observation that “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” applies strength to relationships as much as to individuals. Much of Scripture’s language about strength addresses individuals directly, but its picture of a healthy community assumes people are meant to draw strength from each other, not only from private spiritual resources.
It surfaces more than once in Bible Verses About Strength.
Reading back through Bible Verses About Strength, this theme is hard to miss.
When Strength Runs Out
It is worth being honest that some seasons genuinely deplete a person past what any verse alone will immediately fix — grief, burnout, chronic illness, prolonged caregiving. Isaiah 40:29’s promise that God “giveth power to the faint” is written specifically for people who have run out, not for people who still have reserves left. If you are in that kind of depletion right now, these verses are not a demand to immediately feel strong again; they are a reminder of where renewal is described as coming from.
Strength to Endure, Not Just to Overcome
Not every difficulty Scripture addresses is meant to be defeated quickly. Colossians 1:11 prays for believers to be “strengthened with all might… unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness” — strength applied specifically to enduring a long, ongoing difficulty rather than winning a single decisive battle. This distinction matters for anyone in a chronic, unresolved situation: the strength being described is not always about the difficulty ending, but about the capacity to keep going while it continues.
This is consistent with the rest of Bible Verses About Strength.
It is a small detail, but one Bible Verses About Strength return to more than once.
A Few More Verses Worth Knowing
Psalm 28:7’s declaration — “The LORD is my strength and my shield” — pairs strength with protection. 1 Chronicles 16:11’s instruction to “seek the LORD and his strength” treats strength as something actively pursued, and Zechariah 4:6’s well-known line, “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,” remains one of Scripture’s clearest statements that spiritual strength operates by different rules than the world’s usual measures of power.
Strength for the Long Race
Hebrews 12:1’s image of running “with patience the race that is set before us” treats strength as something paced over a long distance, not spent all at once in a sprint. This reframing matters for anyone tempted to measure their strength against a single hard day, rather than against the much longer race their life actually is.
This connects directly to why Bible Verses About Strength matter in the first place.
Strength Rooted in Identity
Much of Scripture’s strength language is tied to identity — being called God’s child, God’s chosen, God’s own — rather than to performance or achievement. This ordering matters: strength described this way does not have to be earned through enough success before it becomes available. It is offered on the basis of relationship first.
It lines up with what Bible Verses About Strength teach elsewhere.
Strength Through Praise
2 Chronicles 20 records an unusual battle strategy: Judah sends singers ahead of the army, praising God before the fighting even begins. Nehemiah 8:10’s claim that “the joy of the LORD is your strength” reflects the same logic — that praise and gratitude, even in difficult circumstances, are not simply pleasant extras but an actual source of strength for what lies ahead.
Several of Bible Verses About Strength echo this same idea in their own words.
Strength Modeled by Ordinary People
Scripture’s strongest figures are rarely presented as naturally exceptional. Gideon calls himself the least in his family; Moses describes himself as slow of speech; David is the overlooked youngest son. Their strength is consistently shown as something given for the task at hand, not a personal trait they carried in beforehand — which is, itself, encouraging for anyone who does not feel naturally strong either.
Strength for Tomorrow, Not Just Today
Matthew 6:34’s instruction not to worry about tomorrow, because “sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof,” carries a practical implication for strength as well: you are not required to find, today, the strength for every future difficulty you can imagine. Scripture’s pattern is daily provision — manna gathered fresh each morning, mercies renewed each day — not a lifetime supply handed over all at once.
This detail matters when reading Bible Verses About Strength as a whole.
This is exactly the kind of thing Bible Verses About Strength are meant to speak into.
A Closing Word on Strength
If you are tired right now, that alone does not mean something has gone wrong. It may simply mean it is time to ask again for what Scripture consistently describes as freely renewed, not permanently exhausted. Whatever today is asking of you, we hope these hundred verses remind you that the strength you need does not have to come only from within yourself.
Strength and Humility Together
1 Peter 5:5-6’s instruction to be “clothed with humility” and to humble yourself “under the mighty hand of God” pairs strength with an unlikely companion. True strength, Scripture suggests, does not need to prove itself constantly or dominate every room — it can afford to be humble, precisely because it does not depend on self-promotion to remain real.
It is worth pausing here, since Bible Verses About Strength circle back to this often.
A Closing Word on Strength
These hundred verses describe strength as freely renewed, not a fixed reserve you might permanently exhaust. Whatever today is asking of you, it is reasonable, and biblical, to ask for exactly the strength this specific day requires — nothing more.
It is worth noticing across Bible Verses About Strength.
Strength Renewed Through Worship
Habakkuk 3:19’s closing declaration — “The LORD God is my strength” — arrives after an entire book wrestling honestly with confusion and doubt. Strength, arrived at this way, feels earned through honest struggle rather than assumed from the start, which may be why the verse has resonated with readers facing their own long, uncertain seasons.
This idea sits close to the center of Bible Verses About Strength as a whole.
Strength for Facing Fear
Fear and strength are addressed together throughout Scripture more often than strength and physical challenge are. Joshua is told to be strong specifically in the face of fear before entering unfamiliar territory; the disciples are told not to be afraid in the middle of a storm. The strength being offered is frequently strength to face fear directly, not strength to avoid frightening situations altogether.
This shows up again later in Bible Verses About Strength.
Strength Displayed in Weakness, Revisited
It is worth circling back, near the end, to Paul’s thorn in the flesh one more time — because it is one of Scripture’s most complete pictures of this theme. He asked three separate times for relief. He was not given it. What he was given instead reshaped how he understood strength for the rest of his ministry: “when I am weak, then am I strong.” That is not a slogan; it came from real, repeated disappointment.
More than one of Bible Verses About Strength makes this same point, just in different words.
Strength Offered Freely, Not Sold
Isaiah 55:1’s invitation to come “without money and without price” applies to strength as much as anything else Scripture offers. There is no entry fee, no minimum level of spiritual maturity required before this kind of strength becomes available — it is offered to whoever asks, exactly as they currently are.
Strength for the Unseen Battles
Not every difficulty requiring strength is visible to others — private grief, quiet anxiety, a struggle no one else knows about. Ephesians 6’s description of spiritual armor addresses exactly this kind of unseen conflict, offering strength for battles that never make it into a conversation but are just as real as the visible ones.
It is echoed again in Bible Verses About Strength.
This is part of what makes Bible Verses About Strength worth reading slowly, not just once.
Strength That Doesn't Have to Look Strong
Biblical strength does not always look impressive from the outside. Sometimes it looks like getting out of bed on a hard morning, showing up to one more difficult day, or simply choosing not to give up. These quiet, unglamorous forms of strength are just as real, and just as valued in Scripture, as the dramatic kind.
One Final Word on Strength
Whatever today is asking of you, it is reasonable, and biblical, to ask God for exactly the strength this specific day requires — no more, no less. That request, however small it feels to make, is consistent with everything these one hundred verses describe.
This is one of the reasons Bible Verses About Strength continue to resonate with so many readers.
A Simple Prayer for Strength
If words are hard to find, try this: “Lord, I don’t have much left today. Please be my strength where mine runs out.” That honest, simple request is exactly the kind of prayer these one hundred verses describe being answered.
This holds true across Bible Verses About Strength.
This collection draws on the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible, for anyone who wants to study the wider context of any verse above.
Final Thoughts
If there is a common thread here, it is that biblical strength was never meant to be self-sufficient. It is renewed, not stockpiled — which means running low is not a spiritual failure, but simply the point where you are meant to ask again.
Come back to this page whenever today’s strength runs low — it will still be here, and so will the promise it points to.
This idea appears throughout Bible Verses About Strength.
And if you know someone else running on empty right now, consider sharing one of these verses with them — sometimes the strength we need arrives through someone else’s reminder.
Thank you for reading this far. We hope these one hundred verses on strength serve you well, today and in whatever comes next.