Therefore encourage one another with these words.

So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.

When they read it aloud, ¹  the people ²  rejoiced at its encouragement. ³ 

He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord’s temple.

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”), ¹ 

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech. ¹ 

For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, ¹  encouragement, and consolation.

But God, who encourages ¹  the downhearted, encouraged ²  us by the arrival of Titus.

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, ¹  will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land. ² 

Commission ¹  Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then ¹  departed.

The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages ¹  the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, ²  and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

He appointed military officers over the army ¹  and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, ²  saying,

After he had gone through those regions ¹  and spoken many words of encouragement ²  to the believers there, ³  he came to Greece, ⁴ 

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, ¹  both yours and mine.

I sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are doing ¹  and that he may encourage your hearts.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

They strengthened ¹  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ²  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ³  of God through many persecutions.” ⁴ 

After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹  them and saying farewell, ²  he left to go to Macedonia. ³