The best Bible verses for courage (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for courage (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;"Psalms 107:26
"They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;"Psalms 107:26
"Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it."Deuteronomy 31:7
"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus."Acts 4:13
"The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”"Acts 23:11
"Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship."Acts 27:22
"So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told."Acts 27:25
"And he shall stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him."Daniel 11:25
"Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them."Joshua 1:6
"Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go."Joshua 1:7
"Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”"Joshua 1:18
"And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath."Joshua 2:11
"And Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous. For thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”"Joshua 10:25
"As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel."Joshua 5:1
"For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you."1 Chronicles 17:25
"Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed."1 Chronicles 22:13
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for courage (ESV) are Psalms 107:26, Deuteronomy 31:7, Acts 4:13. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to courage (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for courage (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.