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Bible Verses About Encouragement
A key Bible verse about encouragement is 1 Thessalonians 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” Scripture treats encouragement as shared work: we give it to one another, and it flows from our Father, who strengthens his children. Below are the verses on each of these, word for word in Father’s Heart Bible™, linked into the chapter so you can read 1 Thessalonians 5 free and hear it.
Encourage one another
Encouragement is something we are asked to give, not only receive.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Read & listen to 1 Thessalonians 5Hebrews 10:24–25
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good works, not giving up meeting together, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other—even more as you see the Day approaching.
Read & listen to Hebrews 10Hebrews 3:13
But encourage each other daily, while it is called "today," so none of you becomes hardened by sin's deceit.
Read & listen to Hebrews 3Romans 1:11–12
For I long to see you, to share a spiritual gift that strengthens you, that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
Read & listen to Romans 1Our Father who encourages
The source of every encouraging word is a Father who strengthens his children.
2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.
Read & listen to 2 Thessalonians 22 Corinthians 1:3–4
Blessed be our Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and all comfort, who comforts us in all our suffering, so we can comfort others in all their suffering with the comfort we ourselves receive from our Father.
Read & listen to 2 Corinthians 1Romans 15:5–6
May our Father, who gives endurance and encouragement, give you harmony with each other, according to Christ Jesus, so that together, with one voice, you glorify our Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read & listen to Romans 15Isaiah 40:31
but those who wait for our Father will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary; they will walk and not faint.
Read & listen to Isaiah 40 What Isaiah 40:31 meansWords that lift
A single kind word can carry a heavy heart.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
Read & listen to Proverbs 12Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Read & listen to Proverbs 16Ephesians 4:29
Let no rotten word leave your mouth, only what helps others grow, fitting the moment, so it gives grace to hearers.
Read & listen to Ephesians 4Colossians 4:6
Always speak with grace, seasoned with salt, knowing how to answer each one.
Read & listen to Colossians 4Do not give up
Encouragement for the weary, who need strength to keep going.
2 Corinthians 4:16
So we don't give up. Even as our outer person decays, our inner person is renewed day by day.
Read & listen to 2 Corinthians 4Galatians 6:9
Let's not tire of doing good—we'll reap a harvest in due time if we don't give up.
Read & listen to Galatians 6Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but our Father is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Read & listen to Psalm 73Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the weary, and increases strength for the powerless.
Read & listen to Isaiah 40Build one another up: 1 Thessalonians 5
1 Thessalonians 5 closes with Paul asking friends to keep encouraging one another. Read or hear it below, then follow it to the full chapter.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Bible verse about encouragement?
1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
What does the Bible say about encouraging others?
Hebrews 10:24–25 says, “And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good works, not giving up meeting together, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other—even more as you see the Day approaching.”
What is a Bible verse for when I need encouragement?
Isaiah 40:31 says, “but those who wait for our Father will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary; they will walk and not faint.”
What does the Bible say about not giving up?
2 Corinthians 4:16 says, “So we don't give up. Even as our outer person decays, our inner person is renewed day by day.”
Do words really make a difference?
Proverbs 12:25 says, “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.”
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