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21 Bible Verses About Being Bold

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  • Acts 4, Acts 28:31, 2 Corinthians 3:12, Ephesians 3:12 and 6:19, Philippians 1:20, Hebrews 4:16 and 1 John 4:17 use parrhesia, freedom and openness in speaking, and Philippians 1:20 sets it against being ashamed.
  • Joshua 1:9 gives God’s presence as the reason for courage, and Joshua 1:7-8 ties that courage to keeping the law.
  • In Acts 4:29-31 the believers ask God for boldness after being threatened, and the passage records that they then spoke the word with boldness.
  • Psalm 138:3 uses the Hebrew rahab, which Brown-Driver-Briggs renders in that verse “thou makest me proud, bold.”
  • Hebrews 4:16, Ephesians 3:12 and 1 John 4:17 use parrhesia for confidence before God, including on the day of judgment.

The Bible ties boldness to God’s presence and to speaking his word. Joshua is told to be strong and courageous “for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9). In Acts 4:29-31 the believers, newly threatened by the council, pray for boldness to keep speaking. Paul asks the Ephesians to pray that he may speak boldly while in chains (Ephesians 6:19-20), and Hebrews 4:16 uses the same word for how a believer approaches God. Acts 4:13,…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 3954, παρρησία (parrhesia): boldness, confidence, openness; with Thayer’s definitions “freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech” and “free and fearless confidence.” biblehub.com/greek/3954

Strong’s Hebrew 7292, רָהַב (rahab): to act stormily, to be proud; Brown-Driver-Briggs on Psalm 138:3, “thou makest me proud, bold.” biblehub.com/hebrew/7292

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