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150 Verses to learn to depend on God
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.
Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him.He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved.In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help?My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man.It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in princes.
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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 hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.
As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in 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?
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
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.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.His heart is established; He will not be afraid, Until he sees his desire upon his enemies.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
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.”So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
“Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord And rely upon his God.
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by.I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.
Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
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?
Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ ”
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;and perseverance, character; and character, hope.Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But you would not,
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says 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.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.
“For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
O Lord, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.
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.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?
But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way.
The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
“But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause—Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number.
As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water.
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?And you forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.