10 Bible Verses about Doubt
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see to it, brethren, that there is never in any one of you--as perhaps there may be--a sinful and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in revolt from the ever-living God.
But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?
Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"
But, above all, remember that, in the last days, men will come who make a mock at everything--men governed only by their own passions, and, asking, "What has become of His promised Return? For from the time our forefathers fell asleep all things continue as they have been ever since the creation of the world."
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Distrust » Doubt » Peter sinking in the sea
Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"
Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?
Distrust » Doubt » The two on the way to emmaus
"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!
Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here and feel my hands; bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready to disbelieve but to believe."
Distrust » Doubt » The disciples powerless to heal
"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me."
Distrust » Doubt » Rebuked by Christ
And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?
Distrust » Doubt » The disciples in the storm
"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
Doubt » Those that do not doubt
"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done; and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain."
In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.
Doubt » Those that doubt
As for you and your faith, keep your faith to yourself in the presence of God. The man is to be congratulated who does not pronounce judgement on himself in what his actions sanction. But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct not based on faith is sinful.
Doubt » Not being doubtfully minded
Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, 'Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.' For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing. Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds! read more.
And which of you is able by anxious thought to add a moment to his life? If then you are unable to do even a very little thing, why be over-anxious about other matters? Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these. But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith! "Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.
Infidelity » Doubt » Peter sinking in the sea
Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, "O little faith, why did you doubt?"
Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?
Infidelity » Doubt » Rebuked » The two on the way to emmaus
"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!
Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here and feel my hands; bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready to disbelieve but to believe."
Infidelity » Doubt » The disciples powerless to heal
"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me."
Infidelity » Doubt » Rebuked by Christ
And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?
Infidelity » Doubt » The disciples in the storm
"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
Topics on Doubt
Doubt Rebuked
Matthew 8:26"Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;
Doubt, Dealing With
1 John 5:13I write all this to you in order that you who believe in the Son of God may know for certain that you already have the Life of the Ages.
doubt, results of
Romans 14:23But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct not based on faith is sinful.
Prayer, Doubts About
Matthew 27:46but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"