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.

The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The Lord gives his people strength; the Lord grants his people security.

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.

The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

When I am afraid, I trust in you.In God – I boast in his promise – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

He said: “The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the lord is your strength.”

You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

The Lord strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king.

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

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

The Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.

But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,and endurance, character, and character, hope.And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”

I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May the Lord be praised!”I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!

For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: “If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust –

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come.

Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible.”

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.

For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?

who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwindand the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord.

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

When I am afraid, I trust in you.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds!

Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law!

For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants – I will vindicate them,” says the Lord.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

But the Lord delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.

When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, “Put on your cloak and follow me.”

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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