28 And commission+ Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, because he is the one to pass over+ before this people and he is the one to cause them to inherit the land that you will see.’+

18 And I went on to tell them of the hand+ of my God, how it was good upon me,+ and also of the king’s words+ that he had said to me. At this they said: “Let us get up, and we must build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.+

17 A true companion is loving all the time,+ and is a brother that is born for when there is distress.*+

9 Oil and incense+ are what make the heart rejoice, also the sweetness of one’s companion due to the counsel of the soul.+

32 But I have made supplication+ for you that your faith may not give out; and you, when once you have returned, strengthen+ your brothers.”

32 And Judas and Silas, since they themselves were also prophets,+ encouraged the brothers with many a discourse and strengthened them.+

25 not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together,+ as some have the custom, but encouraging+ one another, and all the more so as YOU behold the day drawing near.+