16 Bible Verses about Steadfastness
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so that you do not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them.
And do not turn aside to go after vanities, which cannot profit nor deliver. For they are vain.
if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast and shall not fear;
who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.
So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not again be held with the yoke of bondage.
so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit.
Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.
that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood.
Therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand, beware lest being led away with the error of the lawless, you fall from your own steadfastness.
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Discipleship » Conditions of » Steadfastness
Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.
Paul » Characteristics of » Steadfastness
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
And the synagogue being broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Behold, I come quickly. Hold fast to that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In moving forward toward the goal
And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Only be strong and very courageous so that you may be careful to do according to all the Law which My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may act wisely wherever you go.
And each went toward the front of their faces. To where the spirit was to go, there they went; they did not turn in their going.
And you shall be careful to do as Jehovah your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before,
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In enduring hardship
Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe.
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons, for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?
For this is a grace, if for conscience toward God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » Even under affliction
so that no one should be drawn aside by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to them.
All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten You nor dealt falsely in Your covenant. Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps turned aside from Your way, though You have crushed 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 peril, or sword? As it is written, "For Your sake we are killed all the day long. We are counted as sheep of slaughter." But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.
Steadfastness » Commanded
Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.
But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, not dependable in all his ways.
Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Steadfastness » Secured by » God, Power of
Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;
Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver.
by the power of God, having been kept through faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;
Steadfastness » Ministers » Should pray for, in their people
in order to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
Steadfastness » Remaining steadfast
So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.
Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Steadfastness » Exhibited by God in all his purposes and ways
I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule shall be to the end.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.
God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Steadfastness » Who shall not be moved
A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; he does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; read more.
in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it; he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.
Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver.
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Only to God is my soul in silence; from Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
For the king trusts in Jehovah, and in the mercy of the Most High; he shall not be moved.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life
For the Lord Jehovah will help Me; therefore I have not been ashamed. On account of this I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
I hold fast by my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart shall not shame me any of my days.
My foot has held fast in His steps; I have kept His way, and have not fallen away;
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In cleaving to God
who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.
You shall fear Jehovah your God. You shall serve Him, and you shall hold fast to Him, and swear by His name.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast our profession
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised),
Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In keeping the faith
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » A man of God, in refusing a reward
And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
For he clung to Jehovah. He did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In striving for the faith of the gospel
Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,
Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Paul, in finishing his course
But we are not of those withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
But Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
Steadfastness » The wicked devoid of
and might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful with God.
For their heart was not right with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Should exhort to
confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.
And the synagogue being broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Christ, in going to the cross
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and in fellowship and in the breaking of the loaves, and in prayers.
And it happened in the fulfilling of the days of His taking up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast what is good
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In standing fast in the faith
Watch! Stand fast in the faith! Be men! Be strong!
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In the work of the lord
So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Encouraged by, in their people
Steadfastness » Want of--illustrated
Those on the rock are the ones who, when they hear, receive the Word with joy. And these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Steadfastness » A characteristic of saints
Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands adds strength.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Corinthians
And, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and in which you stand;
Steadfastness » Ministers » Exhorted to
Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Guard the good Deposit given through the Holy Spirit indwelling in us.
Steadfastness » Principle of--illustrated
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded on a rock.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Colossians
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » David
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Precepts from me.
Steadfastness » Ministers » Rejoiced by, in their people
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In maintaining Christian liberty
Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and do not again be held with the yoke of bondage.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Caleb
But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land into which he went. And his seed shall possess it.
Steadfastness » Secured by » The intercession of Christ
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not. And when you are converted, strengthen your brothers.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Joshua
And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served Beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Josiah, in his duties as a king
And he did the right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Peter and john
But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right before God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Josiah
And he did the right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Steadfastness » Godliness necessary to
If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him; if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast and shall not fear;
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Three hebrew captives
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Shadrach
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Daniel
And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Steadfastness » God being steadfast
I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule shall be to the end.
Steadfastness » Saints praise God for
Steadfastness » Secured by » The presence of God
I have set Jehovah always before Me; because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved.
Steadfastness » Secured by » Trust in God
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah; for I have walked in my truthfulness. I have trusted also in Jehovah; I shall not slide.
Steadfastness » Saints pray for
My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In continuing in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and in fellowship and in the breaking of the loaves, and in prayers.
Steadfastness » Exemplified » Primitive Christians
And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and in fellowship and in the breaking of the loaves, and in prayers.
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Steadfastness, Examples Of
1 Kings 13:8And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.