Quotes About Courage

And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ëCome out!í” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joabís place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiatharís place.

The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ëElijah is here!í”

And now you say, ëGo tell your master that Elijah is here!í

Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

And now you say, ëGo tell your lord that Elijah is here!í He will kill me!”

Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”

So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a manís hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ëPrepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.í”

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,