49 Bible Verses about Staying Positive

This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

Even so faith without works is dead.

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

Keep from every form of evil.

I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's.

But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.