Bible Verses About Courage
Verses for fearful thresholds — the commanded, supplied courage of those God goes with.
Biblical courage is never self-confidence. It is a command with a companion clause: be strong, for the LORD thy God is with thee. These verses are for whatever threshold you face.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
The charge to Joshua — and the reason courage is possible at all.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Courage and waiting, twice commanded in one verse.
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
God holds your right hand and says the words himself: fear not.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Watch, stand fast, quit you like men — the church told to be brave.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Courage addressed to all who hope in the LORD — including you.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Not fear, but power, love, and a sound mind.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
The honest sequence: what time I am afraid, I will trust.
Courage is mostly remembered presence. Walk toward the thing trembling if you must — the LORD your God goes with you, and that has always been the whole secret.
