Bible verses

Bible Verses About Strength

The Bible's verses about strength rarely praise human toughness. They point weary people to God as the source of strength, who renews those who wait for him and works most clearly through weakness.

Again and again, Scripture locates strength outside ourselves. "The Lord is my strength and song," sang Moses after the Red Sea. Isaiah promised that those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, and Paul learned that God's power is made perfect in weakness.

These verses are for the days when you have nothing left. Read them as promises spoken to people who were often exhausted, afraid, or outnumbered — and who found that God was enough.

23 Bible verses about strength

  1. 1

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

    Philippians 4:13KJV
  2. 2

    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.

    Isaiah 41:10KJV
  3. 3

    And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    2 Corinthians 12:9KJV
  4. 4

    GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

    Psalm 46:1KJV
  5. 5

    Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

    Nehemiah 8:10KJV
  6. 6

    The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

    Psalm 28:7KJV
  7. 7

    The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

    Exodus 15:2KJV
  8. 8

    The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

    Psalm 18:2KJV
  9. 9

    He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

    Isaiah 40:29KJV
  10. 10

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

    Ephesians 6:10KJV
  11. 11

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

    Psalm 73:26KJV
  12. 12

    The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

    Habakkuk 3:19KJV
  13. 13

    Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

    1 Chronicles 16:11KJV
  14. 14

    The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

    Psalm 118:14KJV
  15. 15

    Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

    Isaiah 12:2KJV
  16. 16

    I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

    Psalm 121:1–2KJV
  17. 17

    God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

    2 Samuel 22:33KJV
  18. 18

    Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

    Colossians 1:11KJV
  19. 19

    There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

    1 Corinthians 10:13KJV
  20. 20

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

    Proverbs 18:10KJV
  21. 21

    But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

    Psalm 59:16KJV
  22. 22

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

    Isaiah 40:28KJV
  23. 23

    Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

    Psalm 84:5KJV

Bible text: King James Version (KJV).

Frequently asked questions

What is a powerful Bible verse about strength?

Isaiah 40:31 — "they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength" — is one of the most loved. Philippians 4:13 and Psalm 46:1 are also widely memorized.

Does Philippians 4:13 mean I can do anything?

In context, Paul is talking about contentment: through Christ he can face both plenty and hunger. It is a promise of strength to endure every circumstance, not a guarantee of success in every goal.