16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

But I don't place any value on my life, if only I can finish my race and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

I am coming soon! Hold on to what you have so that no one takes your victor's crown.

Jesus told 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 to ensure that you obey all the instructions that my servant Moses gave you turn neither to the right nor to the left from it so that you may succeed wherever you go.

Each moved in straight directions. Wherever they decided to go, they went without turning themselves.

You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

For it is a fine thing if, when moved by your conscience to please God, you suffer patiently when wronged.

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions, for which you are aware that we were destined.

All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant; Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path. Nevertheless, you crushed us in the lair of jackals, and covered us in deep darkness.

Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this? As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter." In all these things we are triumphantly victorious due to the one who loved us.

Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor's crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.

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

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

Then your hearts will be strong, blameless, and holy in the presence of God, who is our Father, when our Lord Jesus appears with all his saints.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good action and word.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

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

"I hereby decree that in every area of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, who endures forever. His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion continues forever.

Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.

God is not a human male he doesn't lie, nor is he a human being he never vacillates. Once he speaks up, he's going to act, isn't he? Once he makes a promise, he'll fulfill it, won't he?

LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself. The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation. read more.
The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change, who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm.

Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

My soul rests quietly only when it looks to God; from him comes my deliverance. He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

The king trusts in the LORD; because of the gracious love of the Most High, he will stand firm.

For the Lord GOD helps me, so I won't be disgraced. Therefore I've made my face like flint, and I know that I won't be put to shame."

I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time.

My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside.

When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord,

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name.

Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith.

For although I am physically absent, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how stable you are and how firm your faith in the Messiah is.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

But the man of God replied to the king, "Even if you were to offer me half of your house, I wouldn't go with you, and I'm sure not going to eat even a piece of bread or drink water in this place,

because he depended on the LORD, not abandoning pursuit of him, and keeping the LORD's commands that he had commanded Moses.

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

Now, we do not belong to those who turn back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

But I don't place any value on my life, if only I can finish my race and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end.

but the Messiah was faithful as the Son in charge of God's household, and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice.

They will not be like the rebellious generation of their ancestors, a rebellious generation, whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirits were unfaithful to God.

For their hearts weren't committed to him, and they weren't faithful to his covenant.

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

When the days grew closer for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he was determined to continue his journey to Jerusalem.

Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.

Remain alert. Keep standing firm in your faith. Keep on being courageous and strong.

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

For now we can go on living, as long as you continue to stand firm in the Lord.

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."

Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

Hold on to the pattern of healthy teachings that you have heard from me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus. With the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us, protect the good treasure that has been entrusted to you.

"Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

For although I am physically absent, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how stable you are and how firm your faith in the Messiah is.

because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God; because all his judgments were always before me, and I did not cast off his statutes.

For although I am physically absent, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how stable you are and how firm your faith in the Messiah is.

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

Now as to my servant Caleb, because a different spirit is within him and he has remained true to me, I'm going to bring him into the land that he explored, and his descendants are to inherit it.

"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

If you think it's the wrong thing for you to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve the gods whom your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose territories you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, living the way his ancestor David had lived, turning neither to the right nor to the left.

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, for we cannot stop talking about what we've seen and heard."

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, living the way his ancestor David had lived, turning neither to the right nor to the left.

"Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him. If you have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence. Then your confidence will be flawless, and your security will keep you from terror.

But if not, rest assured, your majesty, that we won't serve your gods, and we won't worship the golden statue that you have set up."

But if not, rest assured, your majesty, that we won't serve your gods, and we won't worship the golden statue that you have set up."

When Daniel learned that the written document had been signed, he went to an upstairs room in his house that had windows opened facing Jerusalem. Three times a day he would kneel down, pray, and give thanks to his God, just as he had previously done.

"I hereby decree that in every area of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, who endures forever. His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion continues forever.

Indeed, you delivered my soul from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.

I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.

Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.

The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.