Bible Verses About Faith in Hard Times
Bible verses on holding fast to your belief in God when the circumstances look grim.
While it is easy to trust the Father when the sun is shining, a truly resilient faith is often forged in the furnace of difficult circumstances. When every external sign seems to contradict the promises of God, we are invited to believe His Word over what our eyes can see. These scriptures are designed to fortify your resolve to stand firm even when the storm rages at its loudest. Trust that your perseverance in the dark will produce a harvest of character and hope in the light.
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
"¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
"(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
"¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
"And Jesus answering saith unto them,Have faith in God."
"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah."
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."
"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)"
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."
"¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation."
"If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."
"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform."
"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him."
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