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Bible Verses About Cross
Find Bible verses about cross — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about cross?
The Bible addresses cross with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Luke 14:27
“Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.”
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Galatians 6:14
“But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”
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1 Corinthians 1:18
“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.”
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Ephesians 2:16
“and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.”
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Mark 8:34
“He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
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Matthew 16:24
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Luke 9:23
“He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Philippians 2:8
“And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.”
Hebrews 12:2
“looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Matthew 10:38
“He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.”
1 Corinthians 1:23
“but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,”
Galatians 5:11
“But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.”
Colossians 2:14
“wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;”
1 Corinthians 1:17
“For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News--not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void.”
Luke 16:26
“Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'”
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