Bible Verses about “being an encourager”

“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”

“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”

“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”

“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”

“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”

“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

“¶ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

“¶ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

“¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

“¶ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”

“Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.”

“¶ Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”

“¶ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

“¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:”

“That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”

“And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.”

“¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.”

“For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”

“¶ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.”

“Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your [company].”

“When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.”

“¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in [your] prayers to God for me;”

“That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.”

“Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,”

“That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.”

“But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.”

“For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.”

“It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.”

“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:”

“And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.”

“And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.”

“Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”

“Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:”

“And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.”

“¶ I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.”

“For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,”

“But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.”

“¶ For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.”

“But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;”