The best Bible verses for good encouraging include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for good encouraging, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act."Proverbs 3:27
"Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."Psalms 23:6
"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."Psalms 27:13
"You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”"Isaiah 40:9
"this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion against me.’”"Jeremiah 29:32
"Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?"1 Corinthians 5:6
"Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am."1 Corinthians 7:8
"Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are."1 Corinthians 7:26
"I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord."1 Corinthians 7:35
"even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved."1 Corinthians 10:33
"In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good."1 Corinthians 11:17
These are the passages people actually reach for — the ones quoted at services, written in cards, and remembered years after they were first heard. That is not an accident of marketing; verses become well known because they say something clearly and completely in a small space.
All 15 are here for that reason. Each carries its meaning on its own, without requiring the reader to have the surrounding chapter in mind.
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The most-cited Bible verses for good encouraging are Proverbs 3:27, Psalms 23:6, Psalms 27:13. 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 good encouraging 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 good encouraging, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.