For many in the world, faith is important. For many people, it is something to fall back on and keep you standing straight and strong when all you want to do is crumble. Some people use faith and religion to bring people together and help people bond. However, there are many people who will use religion and faith to hurt others, to use as an excuse for their actions or to establish the perception that they are better than others. I am not one to say exactly what faith is. Hell, I'm just a junior in college, what do I know. Although, I do feel qualified to say that personally, in times of stress or hardship I heavily rely on my faith. Sometimes, when things are looking bleak, faith may be the only thing I have. Now it's not always easy to have faith and I will be the first person to admit that; however when times get hard and I'm starting to lose faith I always know that reading the Bible or reviewing important passages will help get me through. This being said, below are 31 Bible verses that may just help get you through the month (or even just the day).
1. John 8:32
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
2. John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
3. Ecclesiastes 7:19
"Wisdom strengthens the wise
More than ten rulers of the city."
4. Mark 8:36
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?"
5. Ecclesiastes 9:17
"Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools."
6. Matthew 11:28
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
7. Hebrews 13:5
"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'"
8. Psalm 23:4
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."
9. Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."
10. Phillippians 4:13
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
11. Proverbs 3:5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths."
12. Ecclesiastes 3:8
"A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace."
13. 2 Corinthians 7:10
"For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death."
14. Romans 12:18
"If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men."
15. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
16. Numbers 6:24-26
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
17. Proverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it."
18. Philippians 4:6
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
19. 2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
20. James 5:16
"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
21. 1 Corinthians 16:13
"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong."
22. John 14:27
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
23. 2 Timothy 1:7
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
24. 1 Peter 5:7
"...Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."
25. Psalm 119:114-115
"You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.
Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!"
26. Psalm 120:1
"In my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me."
27. Matthew 19:26
"But Jesus looked at them and said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"
28. 2 Corinthians 4:16
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day."
29. John 14:6
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'"
30. Psalm 27:1
"The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?"
31. 1 Peter 3:15-16
"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 16 having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed."
