26 Bible Verses about faith in hard times

Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.

fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;

But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in.

So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

In the end all this will be evidence of your fidelity.

For it would have been better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandments in which they were instructed.

Yes, He will soon avenge their wrongs. Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.

And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."

holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.

Remember your former leaders--it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.

And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.

Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,

and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.

Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses.

Everywhere they strengthened the disciples by encouraging them to hold fast to the faith, and warned them saying, "It is through many afflictions that we must make our way into the Kingdom of God."

Let us hold firmly to an unflinching avowal of our hope, for He is faithful who gave us the promises.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.