Holy Boldness
43 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
- A Characteristic of Saints
- Aaron
- Abraham
- Apollos
- Barnabas
- Christ Set an Example of
- Daniel
- David
- Elijah
- Exhortations To
- Express Your Trust in God With
- Have, in Prayer
- Jacob
- Joseph of Arimathaea
- Ministers should Exhibit, in Faithfulness to Their People
- Ministers should Exhibit, in Preaching
- Ministers should Exhibit, in Reproving Sin
- Ministers should Exhibit, in The Face of Opposition
- Moses
- Nehemiah
- Paul
- Peter and John
- Pray For
- Produced by Faithfulness to God
- Produced by The Fear of God
- Produced by Trust in God
- Saints Shall Have, in Judgment
- Shadrach
- Stephen
A Characteristic of Saints
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Aaron
- Numbers 16:47–48 So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. …
Abraham
- Genesis 18:22–32 And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. …
Apollos
- Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Barnabas
- Acts 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
Christ Set an Example of
- John 7:26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
Daniel
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, …
David
- 1 Samuel 17:45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:15 Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- 1 Kings 18:18 “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Exhortations To
- Joshua 1:7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- 2 Chronicles 19:11 Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before …
- Jeremiah 1:8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 3:9 I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”
Express Your Trust in God With
- Hebrews 13:6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Have, in Prayer
- Ephesians 3:12 In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
- Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Jacob
- Genesis 32:24–29 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. …
Joseph of Arimathaea
- Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
Ministers should Exhibit, in Faithfulness to Their People
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
- 2 Corinthians 10:1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you — I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
Ministers should Exhibit, in Preaching
- Acts 4:31 After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Philippians 1:14 And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
Ministers should Exhibit, in Reproving Sin
- Isaiah 58:1 “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Micah 3:8 As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
Ministers should Exhibit, in The Face of Opposition
- Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
Moses
- Exodus 32:31–32 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves. …
- Exodus 33:18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 6:11 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
Paul
- Acts 9:27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 9:29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
- Acts 19:8 Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
Peter and John
- Acts 4:8–13 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people! …
Pray For
- Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
- Ephesians 6:19–20 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel, …
Produced by Faithfulness to God
- 1 Timothy 3:13 For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Produced by The Fear of God
Produced by Trust in God
- Isaiah 50:7 Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
Saints Shall Have, in Judgment
- 1 John 4:17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
Shadrach
- Daniel 3:17–18 If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king. …
Stephen
- Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Related topics
Holy Boldness is Through Faith in ChristCuriosity of Abraham, to Know Whether God Would Destroy the Righteous People Who Lived in SodomBoldnessDefense of PeterBoldness of the Righteous
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.