Strength, according to Merriam-Webster, is the “capacity for exertion or endurance.” To be “strong” can mean physical strength, but it can also be used to describe someone who has been through a lot of hard times.
We’ve all been in seasons like that, haven’t we? Perhaps you’re in a hard season right now. Thankfully, there are plenty of Scriptures we can look to for guidance on being strong, from verses on God’s strength to verses about finding strength in him.
All Scriptures written in NIV unless otherwise noted.
8 Bible Verses About God’s Strength
1. Exodus 15:13
In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
2. Jeremiah 32:17
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
3. Zechariah 10:6
“I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.”
4. Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
5. 1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
6. 1 Chronicles 29:12
Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.
7. 1 Chronicles 16:11
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
8. Psalm 68:35
You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
8 Bible Verses About Trusting God’s Strength
When we feel as though we have no strength of our own, we can always lean on God’s strength.
1. Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
2. Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.
3. Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
4. Psalm 16:8
I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
5. Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
6. Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
7. Psalm 31:24
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
8. Psalm 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
8 Scriptures About Strength From God
Among the most encouraging Bible verses are God’s promises to strengthen us. These Scriptures prompt us to trust him and know that he is faithful.
1. 2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2. Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
3. Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
4. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
5. Ephesians 3:16
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being.
6. Philippians 4:13
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
7. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
8. Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
