Being a Christian goes beyond just claiming to be one. It also involves knowing the word of God, which found in the Bible.

Why? Some people might ask. Well, this is because everyone is a product of what they fill their mind, heart with.

Colossians 3:16 says, "let the message of Christ dwell among you richly", while Proverbs 7:2 states, "keep my commandments and live, And keep my teaching and  law as the apple of your eye."

Another reason to know the word of God is so that you can always encourage and inspire not only yourself, but friends and family that might need it.

Everyone needs a bit of inspiration and the Bible is the perfect place to run to in those times of need.

In light of this, here are 15 inspirational Bible verses every Christian should know.

1. Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."

2. Psalm 42:11 - "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God."

3. Proverbs 18:10 - "The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe."

4. Isaiah 40:28- 31 - "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”

5. Romans 8:38-39 - "And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

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6. 1 Corinthians 13:12 - "Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely."

7. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 - "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

8. Psalm 23:1 - “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

9. Lamentations 3:22-23 - “Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

10. 1 Peter 2:9-11 - "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul."

11. Zephaniah 3:17 - "The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."

12. Isaiah 41:10 - "fear not, for I am with you;  be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you,  I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

13. 1 John 5:14 - "And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us."

14. Revelation 21:4 - "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

15. 1 Corinthians 15:58 - "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."