Bible Verses About Strength

“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.”

Spoken to people who felt forgotten by God.

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

The verse that closes Isaiah 40.

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

God's answer to Paul's repeated prayer about his own affliction.

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”

Paul's conclusion from that answer.

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Read it with verses 11-12, where Paul talks about contentment in need and plenty.

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”

Asaph names his failing heart and what remains.

“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Said to people weeping as they heard the law read.

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.”

David moves from asking for help to thanking God for it.

“It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.”

From David's song after being delivered from his enemies.

“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.”

The last line of a psalm about the power of God's voice in a storm.

“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.”

Strength promised alongside presence and help.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Refuge and strength, a very present help.

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

David names the LORD as the strength of his life.

“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.”

Said to Joshua as he takes over after Moses.

“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.”

Moses to Israel before they enter the land.

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

The opening of Paul's passage on the armour of God.

“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”

Four short commands near the end of Paul's letter.

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”

Courage addressed to everyone who hopes in the LORD.

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Paul writes to Timothy about power, love and a sound mind.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.”

A song of praise; the same words appear in the Song of Moses.

“The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

From the Song of Moses after the Red Sea crossing.

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

An encouragement not to grow weary of doing good.

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

James on enduring testing.

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

Paul looks back on his life near its end.

“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;”

Part of Paul's prayer for the Colossian church.

“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”

From Paul's prayer for inner strength.

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

Peter's closing promise to Christians facing suffering.

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”

Paul's confidence in God's faithfulness toward the church.

“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”

David stacks up images: rock, fortress, deliverer, shield.

“He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.”

A psalm about waiting on God alone.

“In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.”

The same psalm continues the image.

“I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”

From a psalm about God's protection.

“But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.”

David sings in the morning after a night of danger.

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”

The name of the LORD pictured as a strong tower.

“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”

A short verse of comfort inside a book about judgment on Nineveh.