Bible Ready Reference Guide
In Crisis? Need Encouragement? Have Questions?
Have you ever wondered:
What is the appropriate Bible verse for your question?
What Bible verse could help someone in need?
How can I gain inspiration and encouragement from God’s word?
This resource guide was developed to assist you with inspirational thoughts from the greatest book ever written – The Holy Bible.
Comfort
Is. 66:13-14 “you will be comforted”
Is. 61:3 “For those who grieve”
Ps. 23:4 “I will fear no evil, for you are with me”
Matt. 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted”
Acts 9:31 “It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit”
1 Thess. 4:8 “Therefor encourage each other with these words.”
Ps. 56:3 “When I am afraid, I will trust in you”
Ps. 31:14 “But I trust in you,O lord; I say, “You are my God.”
Is. 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.”
Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;”
1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you”
Jos. 1:9 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged”
John 16:13 “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart!”
Rom. 8:13 “If God is for us,who can be against us?”
Matt. 11:28 “Come to me , all you who are weary … and I will give you rest.”
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.”
Phil. 1:6 “He who began the good work in you will carry it on to completion.”
Phil. 4:13 “I can do everything through him who give me strength.”
Ps. 55:22 “Cast yours cares on the Lord and he will sustain you;”
Is. 41:13 “For I am the Lord, your God … Do not fear; I will help you.”
Is. 40:29 “He give strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
Phil. 1:19 “What has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.”
Rom. 8:28 “God works for the good of those who love him,”
Heb. 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for”
Job 23:10 “When he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”
2 Cor. 4:17 “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us”
Job 36:17 “He does not take his eyes off the righteous;”
Ps. 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Is. 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,”
Prov. 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart”
Ps. 30:5 “his favor lasts a lifetime”
Ps. 42:6-7 “My soul is downcast within me”
Ps. 31:19-21 “How abundant are the good things”
Prov. 12:25 “a kind word cheers”
John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled”
Ps. 62:8 “Trust in him at all times”
Ps. 34:5 “Those who look to him are radiant”
Deut. 33:27 “The eternal God is your refuge”
Ex. 14:13-14 “Do not be afraid”
Ps. 34:6 “the Lord heard him”
Ps. 41:3 “The Lord sustains”
2 Sam 22:28 “You save the humble”
2 Cor. 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you”
Heb. 13:6 “The Lord is my helper”
Ps. 141:8 “In you I take refuge”
Ex. 3:7-8 “I am concerned about their suffering”
Ps. 18:32 “It is God who arms me with strength”
Matt. 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn”
Nahum 1:7 “He cares for those who trust him”
Ps. 9:9-11 “The lord is a refuge for the oppressed”
Is. 41:13 “I will help you”
Is. 25:4 “You have been are refuge”
Ps. 27:5-6 “he will keep me safe”
Is. 40:29 “He give strengths”
Jer.31;13-14 “I will turn their mourning into gladness”
Ps. 107:19-20 “he saved them from their distress”
Ps. 31:9-10 “Be merciful to me, Lord”
Ps. 69:1-3 “Save me, O God”
Ps. 119:143 “Trouble and distress have come upon me”
2 Sam 22:29 “You, Lord, are my lamp”
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you”
Ps. 31:24 “Be strong and take heart”
Ps. 69:32-24 “The Lord hears the needy”
Ps. 34:7 “the Lord encamps around those who fear him”
Ps. 34:4 “he delivered me”
Ps. 63:3-7 “Because your love is better than life”
Ps. 69:29-30 “may your salvation, God, protect me”
Ps. 42:11 “Put your hope in God”
Ps. 119:50 “Your promise preserves”
Is. 50:10 “Trust in the name of the Lord”
Jer. 31:25 “I will refresh the weary”
Healing
Prov. 3:8 “This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”
Jer. 3:22 “Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.”
Acts 9:34 “Jesus Christ healed you.”
Luke 18:42 “your faith has healed you”
Jer. 30:17 “But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds”
Ps. 69:29-30 “But as for me, afflicted and in pain”
Mark 5:35-36 “Don’t be afraid; just believe”
Ps. 107:20 “He sent out his word and healed them”
Lam. 3:33 “he does not willingly bring affliction”
Matt 15:30 “he healed them”
John 4:47-50 “your son will live”
Matt. 8:13 “his servant was healed”
Matt. 9:32-33 “Nothing like this has ever been seen”
James 5:14-6 “the Lord will raise them up”
Luke 4:40 “the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness,”
Mark 11:23-25 “whatever you ask for in prayer”
Acts 5:16 “all of them were healed”
Rom. 10:17 “faith comes from hearing the message”
Matt. 9:21 “If I only touch his cloak”
Matt. 12:22 “and Jesus healed him”
Acts 28:8 “placed his hands on him and healed him”
Mark 16:17-20 “they will place their hands on sick people”
Matt. 12:10-13 “it was completed restored”
Acts 28:27 “I would heal them”
Matt. 18:19-20 “if two of you on earth agree”
Matt. 8:8 “just say the word”
Matt. 10:1 “to heal every disease and sickness”
Mark 5:41-42 “I say to you, get up”
Matt. 10:7-8 “Heal the sick , raise the dead”
Luke 9:42 “Jesus rebuked the impure spirit”
1 Pet. 2:24 “by his wounds you have been healed”
Luke 17:15 “when he saw he was healed”
Ex. 15:26 “I am the lord,who heals you”
Matt. 12:15 “he healed all who were ill”
Luke 9:2 “to heal the sick”
Matt. 14:14 “and he healed their sick”
Acts 4:30 “Stretch out your hand to heal”
Mark 5:23 “Please come and put your hands on her”
Mark 10:52 “immediately he received his sight”
Luke 5:15 “crowds of people came to hear him ”
Luke 8:47-48 “Daughter, your faith has healed you”
Is. 53:5 “by his wounds we are healed”
John 5:17 “ask whatever you wish”
2 Kings 20:5 “I will heal you”
Matt. 9:28-30 “According to your faith let it be done”
Ps. 103:2-5 “Praise the Lord, my soul”
Matt. 9:22 your faith has healed you”
Encouragement
Heb. 3:13 “But encourage one another daily,”
Rom. 15:5 “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement”
Heb. 6:18 “take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.”
Ps. 31:22 “you heard my cry for mercy”
Jonah 2:6 “brought my life up from the pit”
John 14:18 “I will not leave you”
Rom. 8:26-28 “the Spirit himself intercedes for us”
Is. 30:18 “he will rise up to show you compassion”
Micah 7:7 “My God will hear me”
John 16:33 “in me you may have peace”
Acts 14:22 “encouraging them to remain true”
Rom. 8:18 “the glory that will be revealed”
2 Cor. 4:17 “For our light and momentary troubles”
John 16:20 “your grief will turn to joy”
1 Pet. 5:10 “Will himself restore you”
Ps. 126:5 “Sow with tears will reap with songs of joy”
Ps. 23:4 “I will fear no evil”
Ps. 50:15 “call on me in the day of trouble”
Ps. 55:22 “Cast your cares on the Lord”
Ps. 73:26 “My flesh and my heart my fail”
Ps. 119:143 Trouble and distress have come upon me”
Ps. 138:3 “When I called, you answered me”
Ps. 138:7 “Though I walk in the midst of trouble’
Ps. 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted”
Is. 41:10 “do not fear, for I am with you”
Is. 43:2 “I will be with you”
Matt 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary”
Luke 6:21 “Blessed are you who”
John 16:22 “Now is your time of grief”
Rom. 8:28 “All things God works for the good”
Rom. 8:35 “Who shall separate us”
Rom. 12:12 “Be joyful in hope”
2 Cor. 1:3 “Praise be the God”
2 Cor. 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you”
1 Pet. 5:7 “Cast all your anxiety”
Ps. 27:5 “For in the day of trouble”
Who God Is
1 John 2:1 “an advocate”
Rom. 11:33-36 “unsearchable”
Jer. 32:17 “sovereign”
Ps. 145:8 “gracious and compassionate”
Neh. 9:6 “give life to everything”
Col. 1:16 “all things have been created through him”
Ps. 68:20 “a God who saves”
2 Thess 3:3 “the Lord is faithful”
1 John 3:1-2 “the great love the father has lavished”
Heb. 12:29 “God is consuming fire”
Ps. 144:2 “my fortress, my shield”
James 1:17 “does not change like shifting shadows”
1 Tim. 6:15-16 “only ruler, king of kings and Lord of Lords”
Ps. 145:9 “he has compassion on all”
Is. 41:10 “I am your God”
Heb. 13:6 “The Lord is my helper”
Rev. 15:4 “For you alone are holy”
Mal. 3:6 “I the Lord do not change”
Rom. 1:23 “the immortal God”
Heb. 7:25 “he always lives in intercede”
Ex. 34:14 “is a jealous God”
Ps. 9:7-8 “reigns forever”
Deut. 32:4 “He is the Rock”
Rev. 15:3-4 “King of the nations” “holy” “righteous”
Ps. 27:1 “stronghold of my life”
Is. 9:16 “Wonderful counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”
Ps. 91:1-2 “my refuge and my fortress”
Dan. 4:34-35 “He does as He pleases”
John 15 “the gardener”
Is. 6:1 “I saw the Lord, high and exalted”
Is. 48:17 “Redeemer, Holy One of Israel”
Is. 64:8 “we are the clay, you are the potter”
Ps. 29:11“The Lord gives strength to his people; blesses his people with peace.”
Is. 26:4 “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the Rock eternal.”
Ps. 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in the whom.”
Acts 17:28 “For in him we live and move and have our being.”
John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.”
1 Ch. 29:11-12 Omnipotent
Ps. 139:7-12 Omnipresent
Heb. 4:13 Omniscient
Ps. 104 Creator of the universe
Rom. 12:9 A God of vengeance
Job 38,39 Creator and Sustainer of everything
Gen. 22:14 Jehovah-jireh “the Lord will provide”
Jud. 6:24 Jehovah-Salom “The Lord of peace”
Ex. 17:15 Jehovah-nissi “The Lord is my banner”
Ezek. 48:35 Jehovah-shammah “The Lord is there”
1 Sam. 17:45 Jehovah-tesbaoth “The LOrd of hosts”
What God Does
1 Cor. 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am”
Deut. 4:31 “For the Lord your God is a merciful God;”
1 John 4:8 “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
1 Cor. 2:5 “your faith may not rest on man’s wisdom, but on Gods power”
1 Pet. 1:5 “who through faith are shielded by God’s power”
Ps. 106:8 “Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known”
John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me”
John 14:27 “Peace i leave with you; my peace I give you”
Is. 14:26 “Because of his great power and mighty strength”
Gen. 1:1 “In the beginning God created heaven and the earth.”
Ex. 3:14 “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.'”
Deut. 5:9 “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God”
Luke 11:9-13 “give good gifts”
Ps. 68:19 “bears our burdens”
Eph. 1:3 “has blessed us”
1 Cor. 1:9 “God is faithful”
1 Pet. 5:7 “he cares for you”
Is. 46:3-4 “I will sustain you”
1 John 1:9 “he is faithful and just”
2 Cor. 1:3-4 “the Father of compassion”
Rom. 15:5 “give endurance and encouragement”
Eph. 1:7 “forgiveness of sins”
James 4:6 “gives us more grace”
Ps. 119:68 “Your are good, and what you do is good, teach me your decrees.”
2 Chro. 30:18 “May the Lord, who is good, pardon everyone”
Acts 4:12 “Salvation”
Is. 40:28-31 “gives strength to the weary”
1 Cor. 15:57 “gives us victory”
Jude 24 “keep you from stumbling”
Rom 8:16-17 “share the glory”
Is. 26:12 “establish peace for us”
Ps. 104 “He sustains the universe”
Ps. 91 “He is my refuge and my fortress”
Ps. 23:3 “He guides me along the right paths”
Ps. 146:9 “sustains the fatherless and the widow”
John 16:13 “guide you into all the truth”
John 16:33 “I have overcome the world”
Ps. 121:3 “he watches over us”
Rom. 6:14 “sin shall not be your master”
Ps. 51:10-13 “sustain me”
Is. 11:4 “with righteousness he will judge”
Is. 43:1-3 “summons us bu name”
Prov. 3:5-6 “makes our paths straight”
Is. 48:17 “directs us in the way to go”
Is. 61:1 “binds up the brokenhearted”
Jer. 9:24 “exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth”
Who Am I In Christ
1 John 3:1,2 “called children of God”
John 15:15 “one in Christ Jesus”
John 10:9 “called children of God”
John 1:12 “those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children”
John 3:16 “whoever believes in him shall not parish but have eternal life”
Matt. 4:19 “fishers of men”
Rom. 6:22 “became slaves of God”
Rom. 8:17 “heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ”
1 Cor. 3:16 “you yourselves are Gods temple”
2 Cor. 5:18-19 “reconciling the world to himself in Christ”
Eph. 2:10 “we are Gods handiwork”
Rom. 5:1 “we have peace in God”
Eph. 2:19 “members of his household”
Eph. 4:24 “created to be like God”
Phil. 3:20 “our citizenship is in heaven”
1 Thess 5:5 “children of the light”
Heb. 3:1 “holy brothers and sisters”
Matt. 5:14 “light of the world”
Eph. 5:8 “children of light”
Matt. 6:26-27 “are you not much more valuable”
John 12:36 “sons of light”
John 15:5 “you are the branches”
Rom. 3:24 “justified freely by his grace”
Rom. 4:7 “whose sins are covered”
Rom. 6:11 “alive in God”
Rom. 8:1-2 “set free from the law of sin”
Rom. 8:37 “more than conquerors”
2 Cor. 5:17 “new creation”
Rom. 12:1-2 “transformed by the renewing of our mind”
1 Cor. 12:12-27 “body of Christ”
2 Cor. 5:20-21 “Righteousness of God”
2 Cor. 12:9-10 “when I am weak, then I am strong”
Gal. 3:14 “He redeemed us”
Gal. 5:1 “for freedom Christ has set us free”
Gal. 4:28 “children of promise”
Rom. 6:18 “set free from sin”
1 Pet. 2:9-10 “God’s special possession”