139 Bible verses to find direction in life

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

And thy ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.Though he should fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drouth, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you:For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door shall be opened.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

And he said, My presence shall attend thee, and I will give thee rest.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

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.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to publish good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are before,I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

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 Spirit.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised:

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed to it, according to thy word.

For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Come to me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience;And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive thou me in thy way.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.

Then shalt thou call, and the LORD will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

My eyes are ever towards the LORD; for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men;Knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

The LORD is nigh to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living creature.

They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, acquit yourselves like men, be strong.

For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Study to show thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a close vessel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house.Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

And he said to me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of upright deportment.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

Only let your manner of life be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Therefore be not anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

And let us consider one another to excite to love and to good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

But in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.