97 Bible Verses About Strength in God
Bible verses about Strength in God
The pursuit of strength is a universal human desire, but true and lasting power is found not within ourselves, but in the boundless grace of God. Scripture reveals that our limitations are opportunities for His strength to shine through, transforming weakness into unwavering resilience. Explore these carefully selected verses to discover the divine source of courage, perseverance, and inner fortitude. Let the Word illuminate your path, revealing how faith in God empowers you to overcome challenges, face adversity with hope, and live a life of purpose and unwavering strength rooted in His love.
Featured Verse
Isaiah 26:1 (KJV)
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
God's Strength: Bible Verses for Inner Power
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
The collection of Bible verses explored here consistently points to a powerful and reassuring truth: our strength resides not in ourselves, but in God. Whether facing fear, fatigue, or formidable challenges, these passages illuminate the unwavering support, courage, and peace available through faith. From the promise of renewed strength in Isaiah to the empowering presence of God described in Philippians, a common thread emerges – reliance on God cultivates resilience and enables us to overcome adversity. Take time to reflect on these verses, letting them sink deep into your heart and mind. Consider how you can actively apply these principles of trust and dependence in your daily life. By anchoring ourselves in God's strength, we can navigate life's difficulties with unwavering hope and experience the fullness of His empowering presence.