Verses about courage

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and firm. Do not be terrified or dismayed, for YHWH your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”

Be strong and firm; do not fear and do not be terrified before them, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who goes with you; he will not let go of you or forsake you.”

Of David. YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? YHWH is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be in dread?

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not look about in anguish, for I am your Elohim; I strengthen you, also I help you, also I uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For I, YHWH your Elohim, hold your right hand, who say to you, “Do not fear; I help you.”

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sound judgment.

On the day I fear, I trust in you. In Elohim, whose word I praise, in Elohim I trust; I will not fear; what can flesh do to me?

After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram; I am a shield to you; your reward will be very great.”

YHWH is for me; I will not fear; what can a human being do to me?

And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that cannot do anything more. But I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority to throw you into Gehenna; yes, I tell you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living one; and I was dead, and look, I am alive to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the salvation of YHWH, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see them again. YHWH will fight for you, and you will keep silent.”

and he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says YHWH to you: ‘You, do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the war is not yours, but Elohim’s. Tomorrow go down against them; look, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook, facing the wilderness of Jeruel. It is not for you to fight in this; present yourselves, stand and see the salvation of YHWH with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed; tomorrow go out before them, and YHWH will be with you.’”

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them, for YHWH your Elohim is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. And when you draw near to the war, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people and say to them, “Hear, Israel: you are drawing near today to war against your enemies. Do not let your heart grow soft; do not be afraid, and do not panic, and do not be terrified before them, for YHWH your Elohim is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and with spear and with javelin; but I come to you in the name of YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached. This day YHWH will hand you over into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from you; and I will give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the earth, and all the earth will know that Israel has Elohim. And all this assembly will know that YHWH does not save with sword and with spear; for the war is YHWH’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

The attendant of the man of Elohim rose early to get up and went out, and there was a force surrounding the city, with horses and chariots. His young man said to him, “Alas, my lord! What shall we do?” He said, “Do not be afraid, for more are those who are with us than those who are with them.” Elisha prayed and said, “YHWH, please open his eyes so that he may see.” YHWH opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and there was the mountain, full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

For the director. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamot. A song. Elohim is for us a refuge and strength, a help in distresses very easily found. Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, and when the mountains are moved into the heart of the seas; its waters roar, foam; the mountains tremble at its pride. Selah.

I looked, and rose, and said to the nobles, to the officials, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid before them. Remember Adonai, the great and fearsome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.”

The angel of YHWH appeared to him and said to him, “YHWH is with you, valiant warrior.” Gideon said to him, “Pardon, my lord, if YHWH is with us, why has all this found us? And where are all his wonders that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not YHWH bring us up from Egypt?’ But now YHWH has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.” YHWH turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?” He said to him, “Pardon, Adonai, with what shall I save Israel? Look, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in the house of my father.” YHWH said to him, “Because I will be with you, you will strike Midian as one man.”

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “We have no need to answer you about this matter. If it is so, our Elah whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of fire blazing, and from your hand, O king, he will deliver us. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that your gods we do not serve, and to the image of gold that you set up we will not bow down.”

And as he came near to the den, to Daniel he cried out with an anguished voice. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living Elah, has your Elah, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel spoke with the king: “O king, live forever! My Elah sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

For if you really keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and the house of your father will perish. And who knows whether for a time like this you have come to the kingdom?” And Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day. I also and my young women will fast in the same way; and so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

David said to Saul, “Your servant used to be a shepherd for his father with the flock; and when the lion came, or the bear, and carried off a lamb from the drove, I would go out after it and strike it and deliver it from its mouth; and if it rose against me, I would seize it by its beard and strike it and put it to death. Both the lion and the bear your servant has struck; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has reproached the battle lines of the living Elohim.” David said, “YHWH, who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may YHWH be with you.”

And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your slaves to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may take place through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and all were filled with the Holy Spirit and were speaking the word of God with boldness.

Now seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and realizing that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed; and they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly ordered you not to teach in this name, and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.” But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than people.

And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy.” And YHWH said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a boy,’ for to all to whom I send you you will go, and all that I command you you will speak. Do not be afraid of them, for with you am I to rescue you, declares YHWH.”

and for me, that a word may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the good news, for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that in it I may speak boldly as I must speak.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

And the Lord said at night through a vision to Paul, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not be silent, because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

For I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.