16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

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

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.

Each moved straight ahead -- wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

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

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

For this finds God's favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us. We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands. Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill? Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly. He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor. read more.
He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise. He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me. He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

For the king trusts in the Lord, and because of the sovereign Lord's faithfulness he is not upended.

But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

But the prophet said to the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place.

He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God. For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully -- I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

"Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide, for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

"As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him, if iniquity is in your hand -- put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents. For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.

Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

By David. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering.

I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.