Bible Verses About Encouragement
Encouragement in the New Testament is mostly something believers are told to give each other, daily — Hebrews 3:13 says 'day by day,' not once in a while.
There are two kinds of encouragement verses. Some speak encouragement directly to the reader — God 'among you,' rejoicing over you, the God of all comfort. Others are instructions: build each other up, exhort one another daily, don't give up meeting together. 2 Corinthians 1:4 ties the two together: the comfort received is meant to be passed on to someone else in their own trouble.
Featured verses
“The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 · WEB
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · WEB
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 · WEB
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 · WEB
“Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 · WEB
More verses
“but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”
Hebrews 3:13 · WEB“Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25 · WEB“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.”
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 · WEB“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 · WEB
Questions about encouragement
What is a good Bible verse to encourage someone?
Zephaniah 3:17 and Deuteronomy 31:6 are both short, personal and easy to send: one pictures God rejoicing over a person, the other promises he will not fail or forsake them. For someone grieving, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 speaks of the God of all comfort.
Does the Bible tell Christians to encourage each other?
Repeatedly. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says to build each other up, Hebrews 3:13 says to do it 'day by day,' and Hebrews 10:24-25 ties it to meeting together rather than going it alone.
Is Romans 8:28 a promise that everything will turn out fine?
Not in the sense of every situation ending well. Paul says all things 'work together for good' for those who love God — a claim about purpose running through events, written in a chapter that also lists suffering, hunger and danger as real.