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115 Bible Verses on Finding Strength
You need God's strength. Life's challenges are so much easier when He's the one guiding you. In your darkest moments, it's His strength that holds you up.
God wants to strengthen you through His Word so you don't lose sight of the purpose He has for your life, especially when things get tough. Ephesians 6:101 says, "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power."
I don't know what you're going through right now, but I do know you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. When you rest in Jesus, He gives you the ability to endure, renewing your strength and filling you with vigor so you can overcome any obstacle.
It's so important to trust God more each day, believing He's taking care of you no matter what. Don't rely on your own strength, but on the inexhaustible strength of Jesus Christ.
Nothing compares to the comfort and protection of God when you're hurting. Lift your hands to heaven and let His Spirit fill you with the strength to keep going, to never give up.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.\par
Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Jehovah will give strength unto his people;\par\tab Jehovah will bless his people with peace.\par
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.
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.\par
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;\par\tab The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.\par
Many are the afflictions of the righteous;\par\tab But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
My flesh and my heart faileth;\par\tab {\i But} God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Jehovah is my light and my salvation;\par\tab Whom shall I fear?\par\tab Jehovah is the strength of my life;\par\tab Of whom shall I be afraid?
Jehovah is my strength and my shield;\par\tab My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:\par\tab Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;\par\tab And with my song will I praise him.
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.In God (I will praise his word),\par\tab In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;\par\tab What can flesh do unto me?
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, {\i even} Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil {\i one}.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and {\b ye shall find rest unto your souls.}For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.}\par
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:\par\tab From whence shall my help come?My help {\i cometh} from Jehovah,\par\tab Who made heaven and earth.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.
I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:\par\tab Wonderful are thy works;\par\tab And that my soul knoweth right well.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;\par\tab But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
Ye are of God, {\i my} little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
Great peace have they that love thy law;\par\tab And they have no occasion of stumbling.
But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,\par\tab And lean not upon thine own understanding:In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.
Thou wilt keep {\i him} in perfect peace, {\i whose} mind {\i is} stayed {\i on thee}; because he trusteth in thee.
And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
{\b For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.}\par\par\tab As the hart panteth after the water brooks,\par\tab So panteth my soul after thee, O God.My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:\par\tab When shall I come and appear before God?
let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
{\b ZAYIN.}\par\par\tab Remember the word unto thy servant,\par\tab Because thou hast made me to hope.This is my comfort in my affliction;\par\tab For thy word hath quickened me.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,\par\tab A high tower in times of trouble;And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;\par\tab For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
And he saith unto them, {\cf6 Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.}\par
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab I waited patiently for Jehovah;\par\tab And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;\par\tab And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:\par\tab Many shall see it, and fear,\par\tab And shall trust in Jehovah.
For thus said the Lord Jehovah, 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:
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High\par\tab Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress;\par\tab My God, in whom I trust.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Be still, and know that I am God:\par\tab I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.\par
I have set Jehovah always before me:\par\tab Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
{\b YODH.}\par\par\tab Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:\par\tab Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
And Jesus looking upon {\i them} said to them, {\cf6 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.}
For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Show me thy ways, O Jehovah;\par\tab Teach me thy paths.Guide me in thy truth, and teach me;\par\tab For thou art the God of my salvation;\par\tab For thee do I wait all the day.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual {\i hosts} of wickedness in the heavenly {\i places}.
For his anger is but for a moment;\par\tab His favor is for a life-time:\par\tab Weeping may tarry for the night,\par\tab But joy {\i cometh} in the morning.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;\par\tab But a broken spirit who can bear?
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah:\par\tab Jehovah answered me {\i and set me} in a large place.Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:\par\tab What can man do unto me?
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of {\i our} faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me;\par\tab {\i Yet} thy commandments are my delight.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?\par\tab And {\i why} art thou disquieted within me?\par\tab Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him\par\tab {\i For} the help of his countenance.\par
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening {\i of the prison} to them that are bound;
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for {\i us} with groanings which cannot be uttered;
For he shall never be moved;\par\tab The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:\par\tab His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.
God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.\par
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
For Jehovah loveth justice,\par\tab And forsaketh not his saints;\par\tab They are preserved for ever:\par\tab But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.\par
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah;\par\tab He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.}\par\par\tab God is our refuge and strength,\par\tab A very present help in trouble.
In the day that I called thou answeredst me,\par\tab Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
For though the fig-tree shall not flourish,\par\tab Neither shall fruit be in the vines;\par\tab The labor of the olive shall fail,\par\tab And the fields shall yield no food;\par\tab The flock shall be cut off from the fold,\par\tab And there shall be no herd in the stalls:Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah,\par\tab I will joy in the God of my salvation.Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength;\par\tab And he maketh my feet like hinds' {\i feet},\par\tab And will make me to walk upon my high places.\par\par\tab For the Chief Musician, on my stringed instruments.
And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
And he hath said unto me, {\cf6 My grace is sufficient for thee: for {\i my} power is made perfect in weakness.} Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.\par
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.