17 Bible Verses about Dependence
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Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
My soul, wait thou in silence for God only, for my expectation is from him.
Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.
So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city of habitation. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried to LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
In my distress I called upon LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
But I say, walk in Spirit and ye will, no, not fulfill a lust of flesh.
O our God, will thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.
Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God, for to thee do I pray.
LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
He will not allow thy foot to be moved. He who keeps thee will not slumber.
He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.
And he himself was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him, and say to him, Teacher, does it not concern thee that we perish?
But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.
From Thematic Bible
Childhood » Marks of » Dependence
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that thou should say to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which thou swore to their fathers?
Dependence » Human weakness renders men dependent upon God
I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.
O our God, will thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.
Unless LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless LORD guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven.
Marks » Of childhood » Dependence
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that thou should say to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which thou swore to their fathers?
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