19 Bible Verses about Perseverance

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

"Just as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

And [after] the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them [and] were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

I am coming quickly! Hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown.

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

But the one who endures to the end--this person will be saved.

And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations, and "he will shepherd them with an iron rod; he will break [them] in pieces like jars made of clay," as I also have received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

For we have become partners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of [our] commitment steadfast until the end,

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

But [as for] you, brothers, do not be discouraged [while] doing what is right.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

convinced of this same [thing], that the one who began a good work in you will finish [it] until the day of Christ Jesus,

Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports [him with] his hand.

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and dries up, and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity upon those who have fallen, but upon you the kindness of God--if you continue in his kindness, for otherwise you also will be cut off.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

And [after] the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them [and] were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Seek Yahweh and his strength; seek his face continually!

And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds, but now you have been reconciled by {his physical body} through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them]. And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of [your] hope until the end,

And I will {make} with them {an everlasting covenant} that I will not turn away from them, my doing good [to] them, and my reverence I will put in their hearts so that [they will] not turn aside from me.

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And you, [when] once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

For [it is] impossible [concerning] those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and become sharers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to repentance, [because they] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,

But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from [among] the men who went to explore the land.

But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that {he entered}, and his offspring will take possession of it.

And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn. And when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he struck his hip socket, so that Jacob's hip socket was sprained as he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me go, for dawn is breaking." But he answered, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

But you, you must return to your God; keep love and justice, and wait continually for your God.

And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.

But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"