Topic
Courage
79 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 31:7ISBE · Nave Enjoined upon Joshua
¶ And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
- Deuteronomy 31:23ISBE · Nave Enjoined upon Joshua
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13ISBE · Nave Solomon
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
- 1 Chronicles 28:20ISBE · Nave Solomon
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the…
- Genesis 12:1–9Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a…
- Genesis 22:1–14Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — In offering Isaac
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there…
- Leviticus 26:6–8Nave The Israelites
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the…
- Numbers 13:20ISBE
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
- Numbers 13:30Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Joshua and Caleb, in advising that Israel go at once and possess the land
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
- Numbers 14:6–12Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Joshua and Caleb, in advising that Israel go at once and possess the land
¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an…
- Deuteronomy 31:6ISBE
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Deuteronomy 31:8Nave Enjoined upon Joshua
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
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- Deuteronomy 31:22 Nave Enjoined upon Joshua
- Joshua 1:1–9 Nave Enjoined upon Joshua
- Joshua 1:6 ISBE
- Joshua 1:9 ISBE
- Joshua 1:18 ISBE
- Joshua 2:11 ISBE
- Joshua 10:25 ISBE
- Joshua 15:16 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Othniel, in striking Kirjath-sepher
- Joshua 15:17 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Othniel, in striking Kirjath-sepher
- Judges 4:1–24 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Deborah, in leading Israel's armies
- Judges 4:18–22 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Jael, in killing Sisera
- Judges 6:25–31 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal
- Judges 7:7–23 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Gideon, in attacking the confederate armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with three hundred men
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death
- 1 Samuel 15:33 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death
- 1 Samuel 17:32–50 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — David, in killing Goliath
- 1 Samuel 26:7–12 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — In entering into the tent of Saul, and carrying away Saul's spear
- 2 Samuel 10:12 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 19:5–7 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Joab, in reproving King David
- 2 Samuel 23:1–39 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — David's captains
- 1 Chronicles 19:13 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 15:1–7 Nave Asa
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 19:11 Nave Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive officers be appointed
- 2 Chronicles 32:7 Nave The Israelites
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 Nave The Israelites
- Ezra 5:11 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — The Jews, in returning answer to Tatnai
- Ezra 8:22 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard
- Ezra 8:23 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard
- Ezra 10:4 ISBE
- Nehemiah 6:10–13 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Nehemiah, in refusing to take refuge in the temple
- Esther 4:8 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Esther 4:16 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Esther 5:1–14 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Esther 6:1–14 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Esther 7:1–10 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Esther, in going to the king to save her people
- Psalms 27:14 ISBE
- Psalms 31:24 ISBE
- Proverbs 28:1 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Isaiah 41:6 ISBE
- Ezekiel 2:6 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Ezekiel 3:9 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Daniel 3:16–18 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — The three Hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 6:10 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Daniel, in persisting in prayer regardless of the edict against praying
- Daniel 11:25 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 8:7 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 2:12 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 2:13 ISBE
- Mark 15:43 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Joseph of Arimathaea, in caring for the body of Jesus
- John 11:16 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Thomas, in being willing to die with Jesus
- Acts 3:12–26 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Peter and other disciples
- Acts 4:9–13 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Peter and other disciples
- Acts 4:19 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God
- Acts 4:20 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Peter and other disciples
- Acts 4:31 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Peter and other disciples
- Acts 5:21 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — The apostles, under persecution
- Acts 5:29 Nave INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION — Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God
- Acts 5:29–32 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — The apostles, under persecution
- Acts 20:22–24 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him
- Acts 24:14 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him
- Acts 24:25 Nave INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY — Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him
- Acts 28:15 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 16:13 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Philippians 1:27 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Philippians 1:28 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 2 Timothy 1:7 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Revelation 21:8 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 24 references
kur'-aj: Hebrew chazaq, "to show oneself strong" (Nu 13:20; 2Sa 10:12; 1Ch 19:13; 2Ch 15:8; Ezr 10:4; Ps 27:14; 31:24; Isa 41:6); ruach, "spirit," "animus" (Jos 2:11 the King James Version); 'amats, "to be alert" (physically and mentally), "to be agile," "quick," "energetic" (De 31:6,7,23; Jos 1:6,9,18; 10:25; 1Ch 22:13; 28:20); lebhabh, "the heart," and figuratively, "person," "spirit" (Da 11:25); Greek tharsos, "cheer" (Ac 28:15). A virtue highly esteemed among all nations, one of the four chief "natural" (cardinal) virtues (The Wisdom of Solomon 8:7), while cowardice ranks as one of the mortal sins (Ecclesiasticus 2:12,13; Re 21:8).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 60 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Enjoined upon Joshua De 31:7,8,22,23; Jos 1:1-9
- → The Israelites Le 26:6-8; 2Ch 32:7,8
- → Solomon 1Ch 22:13; 28:20
- → Asa 2Ch 15:1-7
- → Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive officers be appointed 2Ch 19:11
- → SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Pr 28:1; Eze 2:6; 3:9; 1Co 16:13; Php 1:27,28; 2Ti 1:7
- → INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION
- Abraham, in leaving his fatherland Ge 12:1-9
- In offering Isaac Ge 22:1-14
- Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal Jud 6:25-31
- Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard Ezr 8:22,23
- The Jews, in returning answer to Tatnai Ezr 5:11
- The three Hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar Da 3:16-18
- Daniel, in persisting in prayer regardless of the edict against praying Da 6:10
- Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God Ac 4:19; 5:29
- See MINISTERS, COURAGE OF
- See REPROOF
- → INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY
- Joshua and Caleb, in advising that Israel go at once and possess the land Nu 13:30; 14:6-12
- Othniel, in striking Kirjath-sepher Jos 15:16,17
- Gideon, in attacking the confederate armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with three hundred men Jud 7:7-23
- Deborah, in leading Israel's armies Jud 4
- Jael, in killing Sisera Jud 4:18-22
- Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death 1Sa 15:32,33
- David, in killing Goliath 1Sa 17:32-50
- In entering into the tent of Saul, and carrying away Saul's spear 1Sa 26:7-12
- David's captains 2Sa 23
- Joab, in reproving King David 2Sa 19:5-7
- Nehemiah, in refusing to take refuge in the temple Ne 6:10-13
- Esther, in going to the king to save her people Es 4:8,16; 5; 6; 7
- Joseph of Arimathaea, in caring for the body of Jesus Mr 15:43
- Thomas, in being willing to die with Jesus Joh 11:16
- Peter and other disciples Ac 3:12-26; 4:9-13,19,20,31
- The apostles, under persecution Ac 5:21,29-32
- Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him Ac 20:22-24; 24:14,25
- See BOLDNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS
- See MINISTERS
- See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN
- See COWARDICE
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.