16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize 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."

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.

You shall be careful therefore to do as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

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

All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant. Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way; yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

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

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; read more.
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

But the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,

You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

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

For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place,

For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses.

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.

but test everything; hold fast what is good.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.

And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.

For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

"If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents. Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear.

But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up."

But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up."

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.