When you need comfort and encouragement, the Bible is an excellent place to turn. Here are 26 Bible verses that will bring you comfort in the midst of whatever trials life throws at you.

Bible Verses to Comfort and Courage You

Job 5:11 (NKJV)
He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Psalm 27:13-14 (CEB)
I have sure faith that I will experience the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living! Hope in the Lord! Be strong! Let your heart take courage! Hope in the Lord!

Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

John 16:33 (ERV)
I have told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have troubles. But be brave! I have defeated the world!

Romans 8:28 (ESV)
We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:37-39 (GW)
The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties. I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love which Christ Jesus our Lord shows us. We can’t be separated by death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the present or anything in the future, by forces or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation.

Romans 15:13 (GNT)
May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (HCSB)
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Philippians 4:6 (AMP)
Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

Hebrews 13:5 (CEV)
The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.

Bible Verses of Courage

Deuteronomy 31:6 (ICB)
Be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid of them. Don’t be frightened. The Lord your God will go with you. He will not leave you or forget you.

Psalm 23:1-4 (KJV)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 27:1 (ISV)
The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom will I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid?

Psalm 27:14 (LEB)
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

Psalm 31:24 (MSG)
Be brave. Be strong. Don’t give up. Expect God to get here soon.

Psalm 56:3-4 (MEV)
In the day when I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God whose word I praise, in God I have trusted; I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?

Psalm 112:7 (NASB)
He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (VOICE)
Place your trust in the Eternal; rely on Him completely; never depend upon your own ideas and inventions. Give Him the credit for everything you accomplish, and He will smooth out and straighten the road that lies ahead.

Isaiah 41:10 (NAB)
Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

John 14:27 (NCV)
I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

Mark 5:36 (NIV)
Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIrV)
My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.

1 Corinthians 16:13 (NET)
Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

Ephesians 6:10 (NLT)
Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Philippians 1:28 (NLV)
Do not be afraid of those who hate you. Their hate for you proves they will be destroyed. It proves you have life from God that lasts forever.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NRSV)
God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.