16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, "If ye continue in my words, then are ye my very disciples:

But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Let us not be weary of well doing. For when the time is come we shall reap without weariness.

Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,

"AS the father hath loved me, even so have I loved you. Continue in my love.

When the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and virtuous converts followed Paul and Barnabas, which spake to them and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.

Behold, I come shortly. Hold that which thou hast, that no man take away thy crown.

Jesus said unto him, "No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is apt to the kingdom of God."

Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand.

Every one, when it went, it went straight forward. Whereas the spirit led them, thither they went; and turned not about in their going.

Take heed therefore that ye do as the LORD your God hath commanded you, and turn not aside: either to the righthand or to the left:

Brethren, I count not myself that I have gotten it: but one thing I say: I forget that which is behind me, and stretch myself unto that which is before me;

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful, and merciful.

Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

and ye shall be hated of all men, for my name: but he that shall endureth unto the end, shall be saved.

If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?

For it is thankworthy if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

that no man should be moved in these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are even appointed thereunto.

And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant. Our heart is not turned back, neither our steps gone out of thy way, no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword? As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain." Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us.

Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord, ye beloved.

But let him ask in faith, and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the waves of the sea, tossed of the wind, and carried with violence. Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A wavering minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast and keep the ordinances which ye have learned: whether it were by our preaching, or by our epistle.

Unto him that is able to keep you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with joy,

O cast thy burden or care upon the LORD; he shall nourish thee, and not leave the righteous in unquietness.

which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,

He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

to make your hearts that they might be stable and unblamable in holiness before God our father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.

comfort your hearts, and establish you in all doctrine and good doing.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast and keep the ordinances which ye have learned: whether it were by our preaching, or by our epistle.

My commandment is, in all my dominion and kingdom, that men fear and stand in awe of Daniel's God. For he is the living God, which abideth ever: his kingdom shall not fail and his power is everlasting.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness.

The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?

{A Psalm of David} Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours. read more.
He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance. He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

O cast thy burden or care upon the LORD; he shall nourish thee, and not leave the righteous in unquietness.

{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation. He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

And why? Because the king putteth his trust in the LORD; and in the mercy of the most highest he shall not miscarry.

for the LORD God helpeth me. Therefore shall I not be confounded. I have hardened my face like a flint stone, for I am sure, that I shall not come to confusion.

My righteous dealing will I keep fast, and not forsake it; for my conscience reproveth me not in all my conversation.

My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it.

Which when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad: and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would continually cleave unto the Lord.

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God and serve him and cleave unto him and swear by his name,

and let us keep the profession of our hope, without wavering - for he is faithful that promised -

Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest which is entered into heaven - I mean Jesus the son of God - let us hold our profession.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, remembering that ye do but fulfill the same afflictions which are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.

But the man of God answered the king, "If thou wouldest give me half thine house, I would not go with thee - neither would I eat meat or drink water in this place.

He clave to the LORD and departed not from him, but kept his commandments which the LORD commanded Moses.

Only let your conversation be, as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may yet hear of you, that ye continue in one spirit, and in one soul laboring as we do to maintain the faith of the gospel,

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, to exhort you, that ye should continually labour in the faith, which was once given unto the saints.

We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

We are partakers of Christ, if we keep sure unto the end the beginning of the first substance,

But Christ, as a son, hath rule over the house, whose house we are, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of that hope, unto the end.

And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not true toward God.

For their heart was not whole with him, neither continued they steadfast in his covenant.

and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

When the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and virtuous converts followed Paul and Barnabas, which spake to them and exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.

And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.

And it followed, when the time was come that he should be received up, then he set his face to go to Jerusalem:

Examine all things, and keep that which is good.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, and be strong.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

For now are we alive if ye stand steadfast in the Lord.

They on the stones, are they which, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But these have no roots, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation go away.

And some fell on stone, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moistness.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, "If ye continue in my words, then are ye my very disciples:

The righteous also will keep his way, and he that hath clean hands, will ever be stronger and stronger.

Brethren as pertaining to the gospel which I preached unto you, which ye have also accepted, and in the which ye continue;

See thou have the example of the wholesome words which thou heardest of me, in faith and love which is in Jesus Christ. That good thing which was committed to thy keeping, keep in the holy ghost which dwelleth in us.

"Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.

Because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. {TYNDALE: For I kept the ways of the LORD, and did no wickedness, forsaking my God.} For I have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments from me. {TYNDALE: But I had all his laws in my sight, and I turned my face from none of his ordinances.}

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and wrap not yourselves again in the yoke of bondage.

But my servant Caleb, because there is another manner spirit with him, and because he hath followed me unto the utmost: him I will bring into the land which he hath walked in, and his seed shall conquer it,

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat: But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

But if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, then choose you this day, whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the water, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land, ye dwelt. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

And he did that seemed right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and bowed neither to the righthand nor to the left.

But Peter and John answered unto them and said, "Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you more than God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard."

And he did that seemed right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and bowed neither to the righthand nor to the left.

"If thou hadst now a right heart, and liftest up thine hands toward him; if thou wouldst put away the wickedness which thou hast in hand, so that no ungodliness dwelt in thy house; Then mightest thou lift up thy face without shame! Then shouldest thou be sure, and have no need to fear.

And if he will not, yet shalt thou know, O king, that we will not serve thy Gods, nor do reverence to the Image which thou hast set up."

And if he will not, yet shalt thou know, O king, that we will not serve thy Gods, nor do reverence to the Image which thou hast set up."

Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.

My commandment is, in all my dominion and kingdom, that men fear and stand in awe of Daniel's God. For he is the living God, which abideth ever: his kingdom shall not fail and his power is everlasting.

And why? Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.

{A Psalm of David} Be thou my Judge, O LORD, for I walk innocently. My trust hath been also in the LORD; therefore shall I not fall.

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.

And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.

And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.