36 Bible Verses about encouraging

Or rather that both you and I may find encouragement in each other's faith.

Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.

The speaker to his exhortation. Let the man who gives in charity do so with a generous heart; let him who is in authority exercise due diligence; let him who shows kindness do so in a cheerful spirit.

So that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his Kingdom.

In the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God's hidden Truth,

Console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.

But he who preaches is speaking to his fellow men words that will build up faith, and give them comfort and encouragement.

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.

And, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the Church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians.'

And now, brothers, good-bye. Aim at perfection; take courage; agree together; live in peace. And then God, the source of all love and peace, will be with you.

I have indeed found great joy and encouragement in your love, knowing, as I do, how the hearts of Christ's People have been cheered, brother, by you.

I am sending him to you on purpose that you may learn all about us, and that he may cheer your hearts.

Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;

Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.

Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;

Yes, Brother, let me gain something from you because of your union with the Lord. Cheer my heart by your Christlike spirit.

But, if a man suffers as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed of it; let him bring honour to God even though he bears that name.

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

Till I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the President of the Synagogue sent them this message--"Brothers, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak."

I have the utmost confidence in you; I am always boasting about you. I am full of encouragement and, in spite of all our troubles, my heart is overflowing with happiness.

A Levite of Cyprian birth, named Joseph, (who had received from the Apostles the additional name of 'Barnabas'--which means 'The Consoler,')

Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;

And besides this, most of our Brothers have gained confidence in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with far greater freedom to speak of God's Message fearlessly.

If it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to his teaching,