100 Bible Verses About Finding Strength in God
Bible verses about Finding Strength in God
Discovering strength in God through scripture is like uncovering a hidden wellspring within. These verses offer more than just words; they are a lifeline in moments of weakness, a beacon in times of darkness. Understanding how the Bible speaks to our innate need for strength empowers us to actively seek God's presence and rely on His unwavering power. Each verse is an invitation to relinquish our self-reliance and embrace a divine partnership. By meditating on these passages, we cultivate a deeper understanding of God's character and unlock the resilient spirit He has placed within us, enabling us to navigate life's challenges with faith and courage.
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Psalms 145:1 (KJV)
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
God's Strength: Bible Verses for Inner Power
And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
In times of uncertainty, struggle, and weariness, the scriptures highlighted offer an enduring source of strength rooted in faith. These verses, from the steadfast declarations of Isaiah to the comforting words of Matthew and the empowering pronouncements of Philippians, collectively reveal a God who actively provides support, courage, and peace. They remind us that we are not alone in our battles, and that divine power is accessible through prayer, trust, and unwavering belief. Reflecting on these passages encourages us to actively seek God's presence in our daily lives, to meditate on His promises, and to draw upon His boundless strength to overcome challenges. By internalizing these truths and applying them practically, we can navigate life's complexities with renewed hope, resilience, and the unwavering assurance of God's unwavering support. Let these verses be a constant reminder of the power available to us, freely given, through faith in God.