10 Bible Verses about Failure

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Matthew 26:33-35

And Peter answered and said to him, If all men shall be offended with you, I will not. Jesus said to him, I tell you truly, that this night, before the cock crows, you will deny me thrice. Peter said to him, If it should be necessary for me to die with you, I will by no means deny you. And all the disciples said the same.

Matthew 7:26

And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand;

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failure » The lord not failing

Hebrews 1:10-12

And thou, Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands; they shall perish, but thou shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment, and like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail.

More verses: Zephaniah 3:5

failure » What does not fail

Luke 16:16-17

The law and the prophets were till John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses violently into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.

Luke 12:31-34

But seek his kingdom, and these shall be added to you. Fear not, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys; read more.
for where your treasury is, there will your heart be also.

failure » What fails

Spiritual » Enlargement » failure

Hebrews 4:6

Since then it remains that some entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached entered not in on account of unbelief,

1 Corinthians 3:15

if any one's work is consumed, he shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire.

Matthew 7:27

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.

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