Every now and then we need some hope and encouragement to help us stay strong. Life is tough, so we thought we’d share some Bible verses for strength: mentally, emotionally and spiritually. If you love the Proverbs and Psalms, you’ll find many Bible verses for strength and encouragement.

Proverbs 3:8 tells us:

“It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.”

Well that’s a little cryptic. How do we get that healing and refreshment? The previous versus reveal the secret:

3. Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

5. Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

6. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

7. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Being kind and honest makes us strong? Hell yes! Trusting the Lord always makes us stronger. The less we give in to evil and temptation it only makes sense we’ll have more strength for doing right and keeping our conscience clean. Kindness is strength, thus saith the Lord. Moving on to the next Bible verses for strength… we stick with Proverbs…

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge increases power.

We’ll be done with the discourse and just give you a list of some more Bible verses about strength:

1 Corinthians 16:13
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Psalm 31:24
Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

2 Chronicles 15:7
But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

Proverbs 24:10
If you are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.

Daniel 10:19
He said, “O man of high esteem, do not be afraid. Peace be with you; take courage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, “May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

Psalm 61:3
For You have been a refuge for me,
A tower of strength against the enemy.

Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.

Psalm 103:5
Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Isaiah 35:4
Say to those with anxious heart,
“Take courage, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with vengeance;
The recompense of God will come,
But He will save you.”

Matthew 26:41
Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Psalm 27:14
Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.

Psalm 84:7
They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Isaiah 30:15
For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In repentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

Jeremiah 15:21
“So I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked,
And I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent.”

1 Corinthians 7:20
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.

Romans 15:1
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

2 Timothy 2:1
You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 3:2
For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.

Psalm 91:2
I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust!”

Psalm 47:2
For the Lord Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth.

Psalm 26:12
My foot stands on a level place;
In the congregations I shall bless the Lord.

Psalm 112:2
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

Psalm 84:5
How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

Psalm 90:10
As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

Zechariah 8:9
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Nehemiah 6:9
For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.

Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

1 John 2:14
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Isaiah 54:13
“All your sons will be taught of the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be great.

James 2:17
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

2 Corinthians 8:11
But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability.

Philippians 1:27
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Colossians 2:7
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Luke 2:40
The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Proverbs 3:26
For the Lord will be your confidence
And will keep your foot from being caught.

1 Corinthians 2:5
so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

Psalm 136:12
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

1 Peter 2:15
For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Psalm 73:4
For there are no pains in their death,
And their body is fat.