61 Bible Verses about Unbelief, As Response To God

Because, They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;

Howbeit they hearkened not, - but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who trusted not in Yahweh their God; but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them, - and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them.

But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, - and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;

But again, once more sinned they against him, Resisting the Most High in a land of drought: They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind: Yea they spake against Elohim, - They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?

Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert; When your fathers, tested me, They proved me, yea they also saw what I could do. Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said - A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!read more.
And I sware in mine anger, - Verily they shall not enter into my rest.

I have spread out my hands all the day, Unto a rebellious people, - Who walk In the way that is not good, After their own devices.

Yet they hearkened not unto me, Neither inclined their ear, - But stiffened their neck, They did more wickedly than their fathers.

Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in hearts and in ears, ye, always, against the Holy Spirit, do strive! As your fathers, ye also:

Be taking heed, brethren, lest at any time, there shall be in any one of you, a wicked heart of unbelief, in revolting from a Living God. But be exhorting one another, on each successive day, - while the To-day is being named! lest any from among you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For, partners of the Christ, have we become, - if, at least, the beginning of the confidence, throughout, firm, we hold fast:read more.
So long as it is said - To-day, if, unto his voice, ye would hearken, do not harden your hearts, - as in the embitterment. For, who, though they heard, caused embitterment? Nay, indeed! did not all who come forth out of Egypt through Moses? But, with whom, was be sore vexed forty years? Was it not with them who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the desert? But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, - save unto them who were obstinate? And we see, that they were not able to enter, because of unbelief.

And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;

In respect, however, of the promise of God, he was not led to hesitate by unbelief, but received power by his faith, giving glory unto God,

But, not all, have become obedient unto the glad tidings; - for, Isaiah, saith - Lord! who believed what we have heard?

For we have had delivered to us the joyful message, just as even, they; but the word which was heard did not profit them, they not having been blended, by faith, with the things heard.

Into his own possessions, he came, and, his own people, received him not home.

and, coming into his own city, began teaching them in their synagogue, so that with astonishment were they being struck, and were saying - Whence, hath, this one, this wisdom, and the mighty works? Is not, this one, the carpenter's, son? Is not, his mother, called Mary, and are not his brethren - James and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? and, his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then hath, this one, all these things?read more.
And they began to find cause of stumbling in him. But, Jesus, said unto them - A prophet is not without honour, save in his city, and in his house. And he did not, there, many mighty works, because of their unbelief.

And he went forth from thence, and cometh into his own city, - and his disciples follow him. And, when it was Sabbath, he began to be teaching in the synagogue, and, the greater part, as they heard, were being struck with astonishment, saying - Whence hath this man these things? - and - What the wisdom which hath been given to this man? - and - Such mighty works as these, through his hands, are coming to pass! Is not, this, the carpenter? the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? - and they were finding cause of stumbling in him.read more.
And Jesus was saying unto them - A prophet is not without honour, save in his own city and among his kinsfolk, and in his house; and he could not, there, do so much as a single mighty work, - save, on a few sick, he laid his hands and cured them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages in a circuit, teaching.

And Jesus returned, in the power of the Spirit, into Galilee; and, a report, went out along the whole of the region, concerning him; and, he, began teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all. And he came into Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, - and stood up to read.read more.
And there was handed to him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah; and unfolding the scroll, he found the place where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord, is upon me, because he hath anointed me - to tell glad tidings unto the destitute; He hath sent me forth, - To proclaim, to captives, a release, and, to the blind, a recovering of sight, - to send away the crushed, with a release; To proclaim the welcome year of the Lord. And, folding up the scroll, he handed it to the attendant, and sat down; and, the eyes of all, in the synagogue, were intently fixed upon him; and he began to be saying to them - This day, is fulfilled this scripture, in your ears. And, all, were bearing witness to him, and marvelling at the words of favour which were proceeding out of his mouth; and they were saying - Is not, this, the, son of Joseph? And he said unto them - By all means, ye will speak to me this similitude: Physician! heal, thyself, - Whatsoever things we have heard of coming to pass in Capernaum, do here also, in thine own country. And he said - Verily, I say unto you, No prophet, is, welcome, in his own country, And, of a truth, I say unto you - Many widows, were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine upon all the land; And, unto none of them, was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta of Sidonia, unto a woman that was a widow. And, many lepers, were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet, and, not one of them, was cleansed, save Naaman the Syrian. And all were filled with wrath, in the synagogue, as they heard these things. And, rising up, they thrust him forth outside the city, and led him as far as a brow of the hill on which their city was built, - so that they might throw him down headlong. But, he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.

For, not even his brethren, were believing on him.

Then they brought unto him, one demonized, blind and dumb, - and he cured him, so that the dumb did speak and see. And all the multitudes were beside themselves, and were saying, Can, this one, be, the Son of David? But, the Pharisees, hearing it, said, This one, doth not cast out the demons, save in Beelzebul ruler of the demons.

And, the Scribes who from Jerusalem had come down, were saying - He hath, Beelzebul; and - In the ruler of the demons, casteth he out the demons.

And he was casting out a demon that was dumb; and it came to pass, when the demon went out, the dumb began speaking. And the multitudes marvelled; but, some from among them, said - In Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons, is he casting out the demons; and, others, putting him to the test, a sign out of heaven, were seeking from him.

But he said unto them - If I should tell, you, in nowise would ye believe,

And so, the Father who sent me, he, hath borne witness concerning me; Neither, a sound of him, at any time, have ye heard, nor, a form of him, have ye seen; And, his word, ye have not, within you abiding - because, as touching him whom, he, sent, in him, ye, believe not.

But I told you - Ye have even seen me, and yet do not believe.

The Jews, therefore, surrounded him, and were saying unto him - How long, holdest thou, our lives, in suspense? If, thou, art the Christ, tell us, plainly. Jesus answered them - I told you, and ye believe not: The works which, I, am doing in the name of my Father, the same, bear witness concerning me. But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

Unto you, then, is the honour - unto you who believe; but, unto such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, - The same, hath become head of the corner,

Verily, verily, I say unto thee: What we know, we speak, and, of what we have seen, we bear witness, and, our witness, ye receive not. If, the earthly things, I told you, and ye believe not, How, if I should tell you the heavenly things, will ye believe?

For, if ye had been believing, in Moses, ye would, in that case, have been believing, in me: for, concerning me, he wrote. But, if, in his writings, ye are not believing, how, in my sayings, will ye believe?

But, as for me, because, the truth, I speak, ye do not believe me.

Jesus therefore said unto him - Except, signs and wonders, ye see, in nowise will ye believe.

Then, answered him, certain of the Scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher! we desire of thee, a sign, to behold. But, he, answering, said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation, a sign, doth seek, and, a sign, will not be, given, it, save the sign of Jonah the prophet.

And, as the multitudes were thronging together, he began to be saying - This generation, is, a wicked generation: A sign, it is seeking, and, a sign, shall not be given it, save the sign of Jonah.

A wicked and adulterous generation, a sign, doth seek after, and, a sign, will not be given it, - save the sign of Jonah. And, leaving them behind, he departed.

And, deeply sighing in his spirit, he saith - Why, doth this generation seek, a sign? Verily, I say - there shall, not be given, to this generation, a sign.

and, others, putting him to the test, a sign out of heaven, were seeking from him.

And he lingered - so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him, - and they brought him out and led him forth outside the city.

Then responded Moses, and said, And lo! they will not believe me, neither hearken to my voice, - for they will say, Yahweh, hath not appeared unto thee.

Then the officer on whose hand the king leaned responded to the man of God, and said, Even if Yahweh were making windows in the heavens, could this thing, come to pass? And he said - Lo! thou, art about to see it with thine own eyes, but, thereof, shalt thou not eat!

Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah beguile you nor persuade you thus, neither do ye believe him. For no, god, of any nation or kingdom hath ever been able to deliver his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my fathers,-how much less shall, your gods, deliver you, out of my hand?

Who believed what we have heard? And, the arm of Yahweh, to whom was it revealed?

For John came unto you, in a way of righteousness, and ye believed him not, - but, the tax-collectors and the harlots, believed him; and, ye, seeing it, were not even smitten with regret, afterwards, so as to believe him.

But, the Jews, urged on the devout women of the higher class, and the chief men of the city, and roused up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, - and thrust them out from their bounds.

But, the unpersuaded Jews, roused up and provoked the souls of them of the nations against the brethren.

But, when the Jews from Thessalonica came to know that, in Beroea also, had the word of God been declared by Paul, they came thither also, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

But, when some were hardening themselves, and refusing to be persuaded, speaking evil of the Way before the throng, withdrawing from them, he separated the disciples; day by day, reasoning in the school of Tyrannus.

And, some, indeed, were persuaded by the things that were spoken, whereas, others, disbelieved;

All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience;

For there is being revealed an anger of God from heaven - against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who, the truth, in unrighteousness, do hold down; -

In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well-pleased with the unrighteousness.

And that we may be rescued from the presuming and wicked men; for, not all, hold the faith.

Though, formerly, a defamer, and persecutor, and insulter; nevertheless mercy was shown me, because, without knowledge, I acted, in unbelief:

But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, - and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments; but refused to hearken, neither kept in mind thy wonders which thou hadst done with them, but they hardened their neck, and appointed a head that they might return to their servitude, in their perverseness. But, thou, art a God of forgivenesses, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness, and didst not forsake them.

thus shall it come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, then will they believe the voice of the next sign; and it shall come to pass if they will not believe even these two signs nor hearken to thy voice, then shalt thou take of the water of the river, and pour it out on the dry land, - so shall the water which thou hast taken from the river, become, yea it shall become, blood, on the dry land.

For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;

The Jews, therefore, did not believe, concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, - until they called the parents of him that had received sight,

The Jews again lifted up stones, that they might stone him. Jesus answered them - Many works, have I showed you, noble ones, from my Father: For which of those works are ye stoning me? The Jews answered him - Concerning a noble work, are we not stoning thee; but concerning profane speech, - and because, thou, being, a man, art making thyself, God.

And, although such signs, as these, he had done before them, they were not believing on him: -

If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe in me; But, if I am doing them, even though, in me, ye believe not, in the works, believe, - that ye may get to know and go on to know, that the Father is, in me, and, I, am, in the Father.

How, then, shall men call upon one in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in one of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without one to proclaim? And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? Even as it is written - How beautiful the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

So that, the tongues, are for a sign - not unto them that believe, but, unto them that believe not; whereas, prophesying, is not for them that believe not, but, for them that believe. If, then, the whole assembly come together with one consent, and, all, are speaking with tongues, - and there come in persons unskilled or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are raving? But, if, all, be prophesying, - and there come in one who is unbelieving or unskilled, he is convicted by all, he is searched by all, the secrets of his heart, become manifest,

In like manner, ye wives, - submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won,