'Believe' in the Bible

And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" He asked them. "Yes, Sir," they replied.

But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.

If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.

"He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.

"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."

"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.

That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.

So they debated the matter with one another. "Suppose we say, 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"At that time if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'See, He is there!' do not believe it.

This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

But they, when they were told that He was alive and that she had seen Him, could not believe it.

These, again, went and told the news to the rest; but not even them did they believe.

And signs shall attend those who believe, even such as these. By making use of my name they shall expel demons. They shall speak new languages.

And now you will be dumb and unable to speak until the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words--words which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.

Jesus heard the words and said to him, "Have no fear. Only believe, and she shall be restored to life."

"'If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham, 'they would not be led to believe even if some one should rise from the dead.'"

So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

"Are you the Christ? Tell us." "If I tell you," He replied, "you will certainly not believe;

But the whole story seemed to them an idle tale; they could not believe the women.

"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

But, while they still could not believe it for joy and were full of astonishment, He asked them, "Have you any food here?"

He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.

"Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."

If I have told you earthly things and none of you believe me, how will you believe me if I tell you of things in Heaven?

"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."

"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."

Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

For if you believe Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

But if you disbelieve his writings, how are you to believe my words?"

But it is as I have said to you: you have seen me and yet you do not believe.

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

And we have come to believe and know that *you* are indeed the Holy One of God."

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins; for, unless you believe that I am He, that is what will happen."

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

Which of *you* convicts me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."

"I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.

"I have told you," answered Jesus, "and you do not believe. The deeds that I do in my Father's name--they give testimony about me.

But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.

If the deeds I do are not my Father's deeds, do not believe me.

But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father."

"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him."

and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?"

"Yes, Master," she replied; "I thoroughly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

"Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me."

If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and our nation."

In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

But though He had performed such great miracles in their presence, they did not believe in Him--

For this reason they were unable to believe--because Isaiah said again,

From this time forward I tell you things before they happen, in order that when they do happen you may believe that I am He.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The things that I tell you all I do not speak on my own authority: but the Father dwelling within me carries on His own work.

Believe me, all of you, that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me; or at any rate, believe me because of what I do.

I have now told you before it comes to pass, that when it has come to pass you may believe.

of sin, because they do not believe in me;

Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."

"Do you at last believe?" replied Jesus.

that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth--in order that you also may believe.

So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."

Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here and feel my hands; bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready to disbelieve but to believe."

But these have been recorded in order that you may believe that He is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, through believing, you may have Life through His name.

To Him all the Prophets bear witness, and testify that through His name all who believe in Him receive the forgiveness of their sins."

So Peter went out, following him, yet could not believe that what the angel was doing was real, but supposed that he saw a vision.

Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"

and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."

On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they replied, "and both you and your household will be saved."

"John," he said, "administered a baptism of repentance, bidding the people believe on One who was to come after him; namely, on Jesus."

and you see and hear that, not in Ephesus only but throughout almost the whole province of Asia, this fellow Paul has led away a vast number of people by inducing them to believe that they are not gods at all that are made by men's hands.

"'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee;

King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe them."

"Therefore, Sirs, take courage; for I believe God, and am convinced that things will happen exactly as I have been told.

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."

Some were convinced; others refused to believe.

a righteousness coming from God, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ and extends to all who believe. No distinction is made;

with a view to demonstrating, at the present time, His righteousness, that He may be shown to be righteous Himself, and the giver of righteousness to those who believe in Jesus.

Before, not after. And he received circumcision as a sign, a mark attesting the reality of the faith-righteousness which was his while still uncircumcised, that he might be the forefather of all those who believe even though they are uncircumcised--in order that this righteousness might be placed to their credit;

But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;

that if with your mouth you confess Jesus as Lord and in your heart believe that God brought Him back to life, you shall be saved.

For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.

But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

for, in the first place, when you meet as a Church, there are divisions among you. This is what I am told, and I believe that there is some truth in it.

This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.

But possessing the same Spirit of faith as he who wrote, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken," we also believe, and therefore we speak.

But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.

For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.