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100 Bible Verses about Encouraging Each Other

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 1,144 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV / 575 helpful votes

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 495 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

1 Peter 4:8-10 ESV / 480 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 362 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 348 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 342 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 301 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV / 278 helpful votes

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 262 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 228 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 217 helpful votes

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Hebrews 3:13 ESV / 216 helpful votes

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 210 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 197 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

John 16:33 ESV / 166 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Acts 15:32 ESV / 159 helpful votes

And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.

Romans 15:5 ESV / 151 helpful votes

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 143 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 131 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Colossians 2:2 ESV / 125 helpful votes

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

John 14:27 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 112 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 111 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 ESV / 108 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 107 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 102 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Romans 15:4 ESV / 96 helpful votes

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 94 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Proverbs 10:11 ESV / 92 helpful votes

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 89 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 89 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Romans 15:2 ESV / 87 helpful votes

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 84 helpful votes

To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Psalm 55:22 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 83 helpful votes

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Romans 14:19 ESV / 81 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 80 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Psalm 23:4 ESV / 80 helpful votes

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 76 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Romans 8:31 ESV / 75 helpful votes

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

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 73 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Titus 1:9 ESV / 68 helpful votes

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 68 helpful votes

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 66 helpful votes

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 66 helpful votes

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 63 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. ...

Proverbs 11:25 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

John 3:16 ESV / 56 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 12:6-7 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 121:1-2 ESV / 53 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 133:1 ESV / 52 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

1 Thessalonians 3:2 ESV / 51 helpful votes

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Acts 4:36 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Colossians 4:8 ESV / 47 helpful votes

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,

Hebrews 10:19-25 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. ...

2 Corinthians 8:12 ESV / 46 helpful votes

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

Isaiah 43:4 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 42 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Philippians 2:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

Romans 1:11 ESV / 42 helpful votes

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 42 helpful votes

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

1 Thessalonians 2:11 ESV / 41 helpful votes

For you know how, like a father with his children,

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 41 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Psalm 90:17 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 40 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

1 Corinthians 14:1-40 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up. ...

Acts 14:22 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 37 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 John 3:2 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

2 Peter 1:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Acts 15:31 ESV / 34 helpful votes

And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

Matthew 11:28-29 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Nehemiah 8:10 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Acts 27:36 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

Ephesians 4:16 ESV / 31 helpful votes

From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. ...

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 16:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Revelation 1:17 ESV / 27 helpful votes

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes

That the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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