If you need courage for something specific right now — a decision, a hard conversation, a change — these verses are meant to be prayed directly over that situation.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 27:14
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Isaiah 41:6
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah 41:7
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms 31:24
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
Acts 28:15
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:1
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalms 64:5
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
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, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
Numbers 13:20
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
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
1 Chronicles 19:13
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2 Chronicles 19:11
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
2 Chronicles 25:8
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Amos 2:16
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 25:23
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
Numbers 32:7
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
Numbers 32:9
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Joshua 2:11
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 17:18
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Joshua 1:9 works well prayed right before making a difficult call: naming the decision specifically, and asking for the same courage promised to someone facing an unknown future.
Daniel 3’s three friends faced their trial without anyone else agreeing to join them. Praying their same posture — courage regardless of whether anyone else stands with you — applies directly to situations where you feel isolated in a hard stand.
2 Timothy 1:7’s reminder that God has not given “the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” is worth returning to daily if the situation requiring courage is ongoing rather than a single event.
It is worth returning to Bible Verses For Courage for exactly this reason.
If this speaks to your current situation, you may also want to read Bible Verses About Friendship or Bible Verses About Praise, both of which touch on related ground.
Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Returning to Bible Verses For Courage on a regular basis, rather than only once, often reveals something new, since the same words can land differently depending on your circumstances.
For related reading, you may also find Bible Verses For Protection and Fear and Bible Verses For Peace and Strength helpful.
Some readers also return to Bible Verses For Knowing God or Bible Verses For Parents alongside this page.
If you are exploring related themes, Bible Verses For Prayer for Healing and Bible Verses For Hope in Hard Times are worth a look.
It can help to resist the urge to read through all twenty verses in Bible Verses For Courage in one sitting. Scripture written centuries apart, in different circumstances, by different authors, tends to reward slower reading. Try picking just two or three verses at a time, reading each one twice, and sitting with it for a moment before moving on. You may notice a detail on the second reading that you missed on the first.
Every verse gathered in Bible Verses For Courage was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
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Bookmark this page if Bible Verses For Courage speaks to something you are currently facing. Verses that do not mean much to you today may become exactly what you need on a harder day next month. Scripture tends to work this way — the same words landing differently depending on where you are when you read them.
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Every verse in Bible Verses For Courage is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses For Courage were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
There is no required order for working through Bible Verses For Courage. Some readers start at the top and read straight through; others scroll until one verse catches their attention and start there instead. Both approaches work equally well, since each verse stands on its own even outside the sequence it is presented in.
Not every verse in Bible Verses For Courage will land the same way on a first read. Scripture written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture, occasionally uses language or imagery that takes a moment to connect with a modern situation. If a particular verse feels unclear, reading it again after a day or two, or alongside a study Bible’s footnotes, often helps.
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Scripture collections like Bible Verses For Courage work best as a returning place, not a one-time stop. The verses here will still be accurate and still be relevant the next time you need them, whether that is tomorrow or a year from now, which is precisely the point of gathering them together in one place rather than leaving you to search for each one individually.
Readers exploring this topic may also value Bible Verses For Happiness or Bible Verses About Happiness.
If you want to compare these verses across other translations, Bible Gateway offers a free side-by-side reading tool.
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Courage rarely arrives all at once. Return to whichever of these verses matches your situation as often as you need it.