2049 verses about Courage

Contend not with a mighty man, Lest haply you fall into his hands.

Hast you heard a word? let it die with you: Be of good courage, it will not burst you.

Timber girded and bound into a building will not be loosed with shaking: So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid.

Go not in a way of conflict; And stumble not in stony places.

Whoso fears the Lord shall not be afraid, and shall not play the coward; For he is his hope.

Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, And was the successor of Moses in prophecies: Who according to his name was made great For the saving of God’s elect, To take vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, That he might give Israel their inheritance.

How was he glorified in the lifting up his hands, And in stretching out his sword against the cities!

Who before him so stood fast? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him.

He called upon the Most High and Mighty One, When his foes pressed him round about; And the great Lord heard him.

Also in the time of Moses he did a work of mercy, He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, In that they withstood the adversary, Hindered the people from sin, And stilled the murmuring of wickedness.

Also the Lord gave strength to Caleb, And it remained with him to his old age; So that he entered upon the height of the land, And his seed obtained it for a heritage:

He played with lions as with kids, And with bears as with lambs of the flock.

In his youth did he not kill a giant, And take away reproach from the people, When he lifted up his hand with a sling stone, And beat down the boasting of Goliath?

For he called upon the Most High Lord; And he gave him strength in his right hand, To kill a man mighty in war, To exalt the horn of his people.

Elijah it was, who was wrapped in a tempest: And Elisha was filled with his spirit; And in all his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, And no one brought him into subjection.

Also of Nehemiah the memorial is great; Who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, And set up the gates and bars, And raised up our homes again.

Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.

They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.

Then Azarias stood, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,

But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace;

and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.

And from that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people.

But give me leave, O king, and I shall kill this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give you leave.

So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy you and your house.

And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.

And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and killed the kings of the earth,

And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.

In those days rose up Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem; and he lived at Modin.

Judas, who was called Maccabaeus;

Wherefore should we live any longer?

And many of Israel came to them, and Mattathias and his sons were gathered together.

And the king’s officers answered and spoke to Mattathias, saying, You are a ruler and an honorable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and kindred:

And Mattathias answered and said with a loud voice, If all the nations that are in the house of the king’s dominion hearken to him, to fall away each one from the worship of his fathers, and have made choice to follow his commandments,

Heaven forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.

We will not hearken to the king’s words, to go aside from our worship, on the right hand, or on the left.

And when he had left speaking these words, there came a Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king’s commandment.

And Mattathias saw it, and his zeal was kindled, and his reins trembled, and he showed forth his wrath according to judgement, and ran, and killed him upon the altar.

And the king’s officer, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and pulled down the altar.

And Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous for the law, and maintains the covenant, let him come forth after me.

And he and his sons fled into the mountains, and forsook all that they had in the city.

And it was told the king’s officers, and the forces that were in Jerusalem, the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness;

And they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.

And they hurried to give them battle.

And they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,

saying, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth witness over us, that you⌃ put us to death without trial.

And one said to another, If we all do as our kindred have done, and fight not against the Gentiles for our lives and our ordinances, they will now quickly destroy us from off the earth.

And they took counsel on that day, saying, whoever shall come against us to battle on the Sabbath day, let us fight against him, and we shall in no wise all die, as our kindred died in the secret places.

Then were gathered together to them a company of Hasidaeans, mighty men of Israel, every one that offered himself willingly for the law.

And all those who fled from the evils were added to them, and became a stay to them.

And Mattathias and his friends went round about, and pulled down the altars;

And they pursued after the sons of pride, and the work prospered in their hand.

And they rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of the kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

And the days of Mattathias drew near that he should die, and he said to his sons, Now have pride and rebuke gotten strength, and a season of overthrow, and wrath of indignation.

And call to remembrance the deeds of our fathers which they did in their generations; and receive great glory and an everlasting name.

Caleb for bearing witness in the congregation obtained a heritage in the land.

Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, believed, and were saved out of the flame.

Daniel for his innocency was delivered from the mouth of lions.

And be not afraid of the words of a sinful man; for his glory shall be dung and worms.

And you⌃, my children, be strong, and show yourselves men in behalf of the law; for therein shall you⌃ obtain glory.

And Judas Maccabaeus, he has been strong and mighty from his youth: he shall be your captain, and shall fight the battle of the people.

And take you⌃ to you all the doers of the law, and avenge the wrong of your people.

And his son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his stead.

And all his kindred helped him, and so did all those who clave to his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel.

And he got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girded his warlike harness about him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword.

And he was like a lion in his deeds, and as a lion’s whelp roaring for prey.

And he pursued the lawless, seeking them out, and he burned up those that troubled his people.

And the lawless shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were sore troubled, and salvation prospered in his hand.

And he angered many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed forever.

and he was renowned to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered together such as were ready to perish.

And Judas perceived it, and he went forth to meet him, and struck him, and killed him: and many fell wounded to death, and the rest fled.

And they took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and therewith he fought all his days.

And Seron, the commander of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered a gathering and a congregation of faithful men with him, and of such as went out to war;

And he came near to the going up of Bethhoron, and Judas went forth to meet him with a small company.

But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, What? shall we be able, being a small company, to fight against so great and strong a multitude? and we for our part are faint, having tasted no food this day.

And Judas said, It is an easy thing for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few:

for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army; but strength is from heaven.

They come to us in fulness of insolence and lawlessness, to destroy us and our wives and our children, for to plunder us:

but we fight for our lives and our laws.

And he himself will discomfit them before our face: but as for you, be you⌃ not afraid of them.

Now when he had left off speaking, he leapt suddenly upon them, and Seron and his army were discomfited before him.

And they pursued them in the going down of Bethhoron to the plain, and there fell of them about eight hundred men; but the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.

And the fear of Judas and his kindred, and the dread of them, began to fall upon the nations round about them:

and his name came near even to the king, and every nation told of the battles of Judas.

And he opened his treasury, and gave his forces pay for a year, and commanded them to be ready for every need.

And he delivered to him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all the things that he would have done, and concerning those who lived in Judea and in Jerusalem,

And Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s Friends;

and with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horse, to go into the land of Judah, and to destroy it, according to the word of the king.

And they removed with all their army, and came and pitched near to Emmaus in the plain country.

and they said each man to his neighbor, Let us raise up the ruin of our people, and let us fight for our people and the holy place.

And the congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask for mercy and compassion.

And they sounded with the trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.

And after this Judas appointed leaders of the people, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

And the army removed, and encamped upon the south side of Emmaus.

And Judas said, Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be in readiness against the morning, that you⌃ may fight with these Gentiles, that are assembled together against us to destroy us, and our holy place:

for it is better for us to die in battle, than to look upon the evils of our nation and the holy place.

And Gorgias took five thousand footmen, and a thousand chosen horse, and the army removed by night,

And Judas heard thereof, and removed, he and the valiant men, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus,

while as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp.

And Gorgias came into the camp of Judas by night, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains; for he said, These men flee from us.