Bible Verses About Strength
Again and again Scripture tells the weary that the LORD is their strength. These verses are for days when your own strength runs out: God renews, upholds and makes His power perfect in weakness.
22 verses about strength (KJV)
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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.
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.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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.
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
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.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
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.
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.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, 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.
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Guided journeys on strength
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Faith in Suffering
7 days of honest faith in hard times
- Day 1: When everything is lost — Job 1:13-22“And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were…”
- Day 2: How long? — Psalms 13:1-6“How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long…”
- Day 3: My Redeemer lives — Job 19:23-27“Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! For I know that my redeemer liveth…”
- Day 4: Hope does not disappoint — Romans 5:1-5“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in…”
- Day 5: Creation groans — Romans 8:18-23“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature…”
- Day 6: Faith tested by fire — 1 Peter 1:3-7“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from…”
- Day 7: Looking unto Jesus — Hebrews 12:1-3“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with…”
Spiritual Warfare & the Armour of God
7 days on standing firm in Christ's victory
- Day 1: Strong in the Lord — Ephesians 6:10-13“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we…”
- Day 2: Dressed by God — Ephesians 6:14-17“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above…”
- Day 3: Praying always — Ephesians 6:18-20“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be…”
- Day 4: Freed from fear — Hebrews 2:14-18“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of…”
- Day 5: Submit and resist — James 4:6-10“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee…”
- Day 6: Sober and watchful — 1 Peter 5:6-11“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because…”
- Day 7: More than conquerors — Romans 8:31-39“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).