The best Bible verses for courage (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for courage (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them."Joshua 1:6
"“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them."Joshua 1:6
"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."Joshua 1:7
"Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”"Joshua 1:18
"When we heard of it, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below."Joshua 2:11
"Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.”"Joshua 10:25
"Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites."Joshua 5:1
"“You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. So your servant has found courage to pray to you."1 Chronicles 17:25
"Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged."1 Chronicles 22:13
"Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”"2 Chronicles 25:8
"Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in."2 Chronicles 26:17
"“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him."2 Chronicles 32:7
"When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed."2 Samuel 4:1
"“O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ So your servant has found courage to offer you this prayer."2 Samuel 7:27
"Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it."Ezekiel 22:14
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.
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The most-cited Bible verses for courage (NIV) are Joshua 1:6, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:18. 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.