Joel 2:21

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.

Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.

Even 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.

The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.

The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, will sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh.

In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out from among you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be arrogant in my holy mountain.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

“Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?

“Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;

But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things.

so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.