Kohathite: 50 Bible Verses For Strength During Hardship From The Old Testament

50 Bible Verses For Strength During Hardship From The Old Testament

Here’s a carefully compiled list of 50 Old Testament NKJV Bible verses to encourage strength and perseverance during hardship:

Strength During Hardship – Old Testament NKJV Verses

Isaiah 41:10 – “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Psalm 27:1 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Nehemiah 8:10 – “…for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Psalm 18:32 – “It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect.”
Isaiah 40:29 – “He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.”
Psalm 29:11 – “The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.”
Exodus 15:2 – “The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.”
Psalm 28:7 – “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.”
Psalm 31:24 – “Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord.”
2 Samuel 22:33 – “God is my strength and power; He makes my way perfect.”
Psalm 73:26 – “My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Isaiah 41:13 – “For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’”
Psalm 34:17 – “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.”
Psalm 138:3 – “In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.”
Habakkuk 3:19 – “The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 – “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
Psalm 118:14 – “The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”
Psalm 121:1-2 – “I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Psalm 138:7 – “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me.”
Psalm 46:2 – “Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.”
2 Chronicles 15:7 – “But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”
Psalm 62:7 – “In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.”
Psalm 18:1-2 – “I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
Isaiah 12:2 – “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.”
Psalm 33:20-22 – “Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we trust in His holy name.”
Psalm 118:6 – “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 37:39-40 – “But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in Him.”
Psalm 112:7 – “He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”
Psalm 18:29 – “For by You I can run against a troop; by my God I can leap over a wall.”
Psalm 27:14 – “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!”
Psalm 138:8 – “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.”
Psalm 40:1-2 – “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.”
Psalm 46:3-4 – “Though the waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with swelling… there is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God.”
Isaiah 33:2 – “O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.”
Psalm 31:3 – “For You are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for Your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.”
Psalm 91:2 – “I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.’”
Psalm 71:16 – “I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.”
Psalm 23:4 – “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 37:5 – “Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.”
Psalm 16:8 – “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”
Psalm 9:9 – “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”
Isaiah 54:17 – “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn.”
Psalm 121:7-8 – “The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.”
Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.”
Psalm 55:22 – “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Isaiah 43:2 – “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.”