Psalm 31:24
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24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord.(A)
Psalm 27:14
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14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!(A)
Psalm 146:5
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5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,(A)
Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 Strengthen the weak hands
and make firm the feeble knees.(A)
4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(B)
Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(B)
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Colossians 1:11
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11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully(A)
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Psalm 29:11
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11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!(A)
James 5:10-11
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10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.(A)
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Psalm 138:3
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Footnotes
- 138.3 Syr Compare Gk Tg: Heb you made me arrogant in my soul with strength
Luke 22:31-32
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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded[a] to sift all of you like wheat,(A) 32 but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail, and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(B)
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- 22.31 Or has obtained permission
Romans 15:12-13
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12 and again Isaiah says,
“The root of Jesse shall come,
the one who rises to rule the gentiles;
in him the gentiles shall hope.”(A)
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(B)
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1 Peter 1:21
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21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
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