Nave’s Topical Bible
Courage
46 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Enjoined upon Joshua
- The Israelites
- Solomon
- Asa
- Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive Officers be appointed
- SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Proverbs 28:1; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 3:9; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Philippians 1:27-28; 2 Timothy 1:7
- INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION
- Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
- In offering Isaac
- Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal
- Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard
- The Jews, in returning answer to Tatnai
- The three Hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel, in persisting in prayer regardless of the edict Against praying
- Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God
See REPROOF
- INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY
- Joshua and Caleb, in advising that Israel go at once and Possess the land
- Othniel, in striking Kirjath-sepher
- Gideon, in attacking the confederate armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with three hundred men
- Deborah, in leading Israel's armies
- Jael, in killing Sisera
- Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death
- David, in killing Goliath
- In entering into the tent of Saul, and carrying away Saul's Spear
- David's captains
- Joab, in reproving King David
- Nehemiah, in refusing to take refuge in the temple
- Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Joseph of Arimathaea, in caring for the body of Jesus
- Thomas, in being willing to die with Jesus
- Peter and other disciples
- The apostles, under persecution
- Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that Bonds and imprisonments awaited him
See MINISTERS
See COWARDICE
Bible verses about “Courage”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Deuteronomy 31:7And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 31:8And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
- Deuteronomy 31:22Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
- Joshua 1:1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
- Joshua 1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
- Joshua 1:3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
- Joshua 1:4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
- Joshua 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Joshua 1:6Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
- Joshua 1:7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
- Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
- Joshua 1:9Have 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.
- Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Leviticus 26:7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
- Leviticus 26:8And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
- 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
- 1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 15:1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
- 2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
- 2 Chronicles 15:6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
- 2 Chronicles 15:7Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
- 2 Chronicles 19:11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Ezekiel 2:6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
- Philippians 1:28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
- Genesis 12:1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- Genesis 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.