staying strong
What does the Bible say about staying strong? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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10Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
9Behold, I am instructing you. Be strengthened, and be steadfast. Do not dread, and do not fear. For the Lord your God is with you in all things, wherever you may go.”
33These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”
13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
31But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
13Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.
6Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
10Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue.
7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.
29But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: “It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.
29It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.