10 Bible Verses about Doubt
Most Relevant Verses
Take heed, brethren, that there be not in any one of you a wicked heart of infidelity, [evident] in departure from the living God:
But let him ask in faith, harbouring no doubt: for he who is doubtful is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind, and in constant agitation.
For what if some were unbelievers? shall their unbelief render the faithfulness of God ineffectual?
Then immediately Jesus stretching out his hand, laid hold on him, and said to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore dost thou doubt?
knowing this principally, that in the last of the days there will come scoffers, walking after their own lewd passions, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue in the same state as from the beginning of the creation.
From Thematic Bible
Distrust » Doubt » Peter sinking in the sea
Then immediately Jesus stretching out his hand, laid hold on him, and said to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore dost thou doubt?
But when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why are ye reasoning among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have not taken bread?
Distrust » Doubt » The two on the way to emmaus
And he said unto them, O ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Afterwards he spake to Thomas, Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and take thy hand, and thrust into my side: and be not incredulous, but a believer.
Distrust » Doubt » The disciples powerless to heal
Then Jesus answering, said, O generation, faithless, and perverse! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
Distrust » Doubt » Rebuked by Christ
If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Distrust » Doubt » The disciples in the storm
And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is it that ye have not confidence?
Doubt » Those that do not doubt
But Jesus addressing them, said, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith, and entertain no doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this mountain, Be lifted up, and be cast into the sea, it be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
For verily I say to you, That whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou lifted up, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall harbour no doubt in his heart, but believe that what he saith shall come to pass; whatsoever he may speak shall be done for him.
Doubt » Those that doubt
Hast thou faith, exercise it before God within thyself. Blessed is the man who condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth. But he that maketh a difference between meats, if he eat is condemned, because he doth it not by faith: for every thing which is not of faith, is sin.
Doubt » Not being doubtfully minded
Then said he to his disciples, For this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed. The life is more than food, and the body than raiment. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God feedeth them: how much are ye more excellent than the birds? read more.
Which of you, with all his anxiety, can add one moment to his life? If therefore ye are unable to do the least thing, why are ye anxious about the others? Observe the lillies how they grow up, they toil not, nor spin; but I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. If God then so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is thrown into the furnace; how much more you, O ye of little faith? So then be not ye inquisitive what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor be agitated with restless anxiety.
Infidelity » Doubt » Peter sinking in the sea
Then immediately Jesus stretching out his hand, laid hold on him, and said to him, O thou of little faith, wherefore dost thou doubt?
But when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why are ye reasoning among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have not taken bread?
Infidelity » Doubt » Rebuked » The two on the way to emmaus
And he said unto them, O ye void of understanding, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Afterwards he spake to Thomas, Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and take thy hand, and thrust into my side: and be not incredulous, but a believer.
Infidelity » Doubt » The disciples powerless to heal
Then Jesus answering, said, O generation, faithless, and perverse! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
Infidelity » Doubt » Rebuked by Christ
If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Infidelity » Doubt » The disciples in the storm
And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is it that ye have not confidence?
Topics on Doubt
Doubt Rebuked
Matthew 8:26And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm.
Doubt, Dealing With
1 John 5:13These things have I written to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
doubt, results of
Romans 14:23But he that maketh a difference between meats, if he eat is condemned, because he doth it not by faith: for every thing which is not of faith, is sin.
Prayer, Doubts About
Matthew 27:46But about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with an exceeding loud cry, saying, Eli! Eli! lama, sabacthani? that is, My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?