August means classes start and classes starting means stress. College brings on a whole new meaning of stress and struggles. Whether this is your first year in college, or you've been in college for a while, the thought of new classes, new people, new professors, etc. is terrifying. Being a Christian in college is tough. You want to be different, but you also want to be like everyone else. If you're overwhelmed because classes are starting or trying to stand out and be a light in the darkness, refer back to these 13 Bible verses to bring you peace in this stressful time.

1. Acts 2:25

"For He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken"

2. James 1:4

"But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing"

3. Proverbs 16:3

"Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established"

4. 1 Chronicles 28:20

"And David said to his son Solomon, 'Be strong and of good courage, and to it ; do not fear or be dismayed, for the Lord God will be with you"

5. Philippians 4:6-7

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and minds through Christ Jesus"

6. Psalm 119:143

"Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights"

7. 1 Corinthians 16:13

"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong"

8. Psalm 56:3-4

"Whenever I am afraid, I will trust You. In God (I will praise His word), in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?"

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. Joshua 10:25

"Then Joshua said to them, 'Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight"

11. Joshua 23:6

"'Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left"

12. 2 Samuel 10:12

"'Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His sight'"

13. Psalm 27:14

"Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!"