Bible Verses for Growing Deeper in Faith

“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Spoken by Paul.

~50 AD · Early Church · teaching

“Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative

“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative

“but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and night.”

Spoken by unknown.

“But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative

“then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:" for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

Spoken by Yahweh.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · prophecy

“The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.”

Spoken by David.

“The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.”

Spoken by Solomon.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · wisdom

“The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.”

Spoken by David.

“Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.”

Spoken by Sons of Korah.

“"All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.”

Spoken by God.

~516 BC · Return from Exile · prophecy

“This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.”

Spoken by God.

~1400 BC · Conquest of Canaan · dialogue

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:”

Spoken by Yahweh.

~586 BC · Babylonian Exile · prophecy · Very high comfort power

“Then your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.”

Spoken by God.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · prophecy · Very high comfort power

“Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative · Very high comfort power

“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative · Very high comfort power

“Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative

“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative

“So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.”

Spoken by Luke.

~50 AD · Early Church · narrative · Very high comfort power

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,”

Spoken by Paul.

~50 AD · Early Church · teaching

“You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.”

Spoken by psalmist.

“May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Spoken by Paul.

~50 AD · Early Church · prayer

“I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”

Spoken by John.

“and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."”

Spoken by Luke.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative · Very high comfort power

“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.”

Spoken by David.

“By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

Spoken by God.

~586 BC · Babylonian Exile · vision · Very high comfort power

“I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;”

Spoken by God.

~516 BC · Return from Exile · prophecy · Very high comfort power

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”

Spoken by David.

“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”

Spoken by Yahweh.

~586 BC · Babylonian Exile · prophecy · Very high comfort power

“and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever."”

Spoken by God.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · prophecy · Very high comfort power

“But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · wisdom · Very high comfort power

“for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.”

Spoken by Solomon.

“As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.”

Spoken by Jesus.

“But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."”

Spoken by Peter.

~50 AD · Early Church · narrative · Very high comfort power

“You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.”

Spoken by Jesus.

~30 AD · Life of Jesus · narrative · Very high comfort power

“Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.”

“so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.”

Spoken by Solomon.

“Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,”

~50 AD · Early Church · teaching

“But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”

Spoken by Paul.

~50 AD · Early Church · teaching

“Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.”

Spoken by psalmist.

“Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.”

Spoken by David.

“"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”

Spoken by Yahweh.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · dialogue

“Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."”

~586 BC · Babylonian Exile · prophecy

“She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."”

Spoken by Solomon.

“They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.”

Spoken by Isaiah.

~930 BC · Divided Kingdom · prophecy · Very high comfort power