'Believe' in the Bible

When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,

"He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

With tears flowing, the child's father at once cried out, "I do believe! Help my unbelief!"

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

That is why I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

They went back and told the others, who didn't believe them, either.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn't believe will be condemned.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

But because you did not believe my announcement, which will be fulfilled at its proper time, you will become silent and unable to speak until the day this happens."

The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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.

But when Jesus heard this, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just believe, and she will get well."

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

But he told them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me, and if I ask you a question, you won't answer me.

But what they said seemed nonsense to them, so they did not believe them.

Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

Jesus told him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that."

If I have told you people about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's unique Son.

Jesus told her, "Believe me, dear lady, the hour is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

They kept telling the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, because now we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the Savior of the world."

Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

nor do you have his word at work in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he sent.

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?

because if you believed Moses, you would believe me, since he wrote about me.

But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?"

Jesus answered them, "This is God's work: to believe in the one whom he has sent."

So they asked him, "What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing?

I told you that you have seen me, yet you don't believe.

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."

But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.

Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?

The Jewish leaders did not believe that the man had been blind and had gained sight until they summoned his parents

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

He said, "Lord, I do believe," and worshipped him.

Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

but you don't believe, because you don't belong to my sheep.

If I'm not doing my Father's actions, don't believe me.

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"

"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.

Although he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

This is why they could not believe: Isaiah also said,

Then Jesus said loudly, "The one who believes in me does not believe in me only, but also in the one who sent me.

I'm telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I AM.

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don't speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work.

Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.

I've told you this now, before I leave, so that when I do leave, you will believe.

of sin, because they don't believe in me;

Now we know that you know everything and don't need to have anyone ask you any questions. Because of this, we believe that you have come from God."

Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

I ask not only on behalf of these men, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their message,

so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe,

So the other disciples kept telling him, "We've seen the Lord!" But he told them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I'll never believe!"

Then he told Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Take your hand, and put it into my side. Stop doubting, but believe."

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.

"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

When they arrived, they called the church together and told them everything that God had done with them and how he had opened a door so that gentiles would believe.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

We certainly believe that it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, that we are saved, just as they are."

They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved."

He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God.

Then Paul said, "John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

"I said, "Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I kept imprisoning and beating those who believe in you.

because the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection and that there is no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all those things.

Don't believe them, because more than 40 of them are planning to ambush him. They've taken an oath not to eat or drink before they've killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent."

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe them!"

However, we'd like to hear from you what you believe, because people are talking against this sect everywhere."

From morning until evening, he continued to explain the kingdom of God to them, trying to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets. Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others wouldn't believe.

but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.

God's righteousness through the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah for all who believe. For there is no distinction among people,

Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them.

but also for us. Our faith will be regarded in the same way, if we believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Now if we have died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him,

If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.