48 Bible Verses about Faith, Necessity Of

Trust Jehovah and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful. Be happy with Jehovah and he will provide you with the desires of your heart. Dedicate your life to Jehovah. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge (recognize) Him and He will make your paths straight.

Trust in Jehovah forever, for Jah, Jehovah, is the Rock eternal.

Who among you respects Jehovah and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of Jehovah and depend upon their God.

They asked: What must we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered: This is the work of God, that you have an active faith in the one whom he has sent.

Jesus said: The time has come. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news.

He brought them out and asked: Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.

Paul said: John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people they should believe in Jesus, the one who came after John.

I witnessed to both Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, respecting his name.

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment!

Philip said: Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us. Jesus responded: Have I been with you so long a time and you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has discerned (experienced) (perceived) the Father. And you say, show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am with the Father and that the Father is with me? The words I say to you are not from me, but the Father dwells with me and does his works.read more.
Believe me that I am with the Father and the Father is with me, or else believe me because of the works.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word about Christ. I say: Have they not heard? Yes in fact their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited earth. (Psalm 19:4)

Yet, their measuring line (rule) has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun.

The world was made through him. He was in the world and the world did not recognize him. He came to his own. They did not receive him! He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. That which is known about God is clear to them, for God revealed it to them. His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse,read more.
for when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God. They did not thank him and were vain in their reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened.

What then is the superiority of the Jew? What is the benefit of circumcision? Much in every way. First they were entrusted with the oracles of God. For what? If some have not believed, will their unbelief make the faith of God of no effect?read more.
Certainly not! But let God be true, and every man false. It is written: So that you should be proved righteous in your words and should overcome when you are judged.

I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil in your sight. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.

Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, which was kept secret since the world began. It is now made known by the Scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God. It is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith. To God, wise alone, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal? Woe to anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone get up! You can learn nothing from idols covered with silver or gold? They cannot breathe or talk. Jehovah is in his Holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.

Why should other nations say: Where is their God? Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases. Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.read more.
They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell. They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot even make a sound with their throats. Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them. O Israel, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield. O Descendants of Aaron, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield. If you reverence and respect Jehovah, trust Jehovah. He is your helper and your shield.

Those who know your name, Jehovah, will trust you. You do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

He who lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to Jehovah: You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. He is the one who will rescue you from the bird hunter's trap (fowler's snare) and from deadly plagues.read more.
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.

Truly God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid. Jehovah... Jehovah is my strength and my song! He has become my salvation.

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble! He knows (protects) (takes care of) those who take refuge in him.

You will keep the steadfast mind in perfect peace, because he trusts (hopes) in you.

Why am I in despair? Why have I become disturbed within me? Wait for God for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance and my God.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Blessed is the man who has made Jehovah his security. He has not turned to the proud, or to those who turn aside into falsehood.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, whose refuge and security (confidence and hope) is Jehovah. For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life.

He who puts active faith in the Son has everlasting life. He who disobeys* the Son will not see life for the wrath of God remains upon him. (*Greek: apeitheo: willfully disobey, not having faith)

He who has an active faith in him is not judged. He who does not have an active faith has been judged already for he has not had faith in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with wickedness, will be condemned.

The scriptures say: I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen and precious (Isaiah 28:16). He who believes in him will not be disappointed (shamed). This precious value is for those who believe. But for the unbeliever: The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone. It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that people find offensive. They stumble because they are disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed.

Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily.

The stone that the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.

He will be a place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.

He that doubts is damned if he eats, because he eats not by faith. Whatever is not by faith is sin!

One person judges one day above another. Another person judges every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He who regards the day regards it to God and he who does not regard the day does not regard it to God. He, who eats, eats to God, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat does not eat to God and he gives God thanks. For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.read more.
For if we live, we live to God and if we die, we die to God. Therefore should we live or die, we are God's.

Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you develop a wicked heart lacking faith and turning away (departing) from the living God. Encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become companions (partners) with Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of our firm trust to the end.read more.
Scripture says: Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Do not be stubborn like those who rebelled. Who were they who heard God and rebelled? All who came out of Egypt with Moses rebelled. With whom was he disgusted for forty years? He was disgusted and angry with those who sinned and died in the desert. Who did God swear would never enter his rest? He was talking about those who did not obey him.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today hear His voice! Do not harden your hearts, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.'

This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah. He will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes. He will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land of salt without inhabitant.

Afterward he was revealed to the eleven as they sat at the table. He rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.