14 Bible Verses about Failure

And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have altogether blessed them these three times.

And thou, Lord, at the beginnings founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They will perish, but thou are permanent. And they will all become old as a garment. And thou will roll them up as a mantle, and they will be changed. But thou are the same, and thy years will not cease.

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be frightened at them, for LORD thy God, he it is who goes with thee. He will not leave thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage. For thou shall go with this people into the land which LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and thou shall cause them t And LORD, he it is who goes before thee. He will be with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Fear not, neither be dismayed.

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. I also will make him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will keep my loving kindness for him for evermore. And my covenant shall stand fast with him. read more.
I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances, if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes, but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench, but he will bring forth justice in truth. read more.
He will not fail nor be discouraged till he has set justice in the earth. And {in his name Gentiles will hope (LXX/NT)}.

[It is of] LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good-news, and every man in it is treated aggressively. But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

However, seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you. Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts. read more.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.

Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.

Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good-news did not enter because of disobedience,

If any man's work will be burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.