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Bible Verses About Failure
Find Bible verses about failure — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about failure?
The Bible addresses failure 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 14:30
“saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'”
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Mark 14:37
“He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?”
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Deuteronomy 28:29
“and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.”
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1 Kings 14:8
“and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,”
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Luke 14:29
“Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,”
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Mark 4:4
“and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.”
Psalms 78:9
“The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.”
Romans 9:31
“but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.”
Job 32:12
“Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.”
Leviticus 14:43
“"If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;”
2 Samuel 20:5
“So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.”
1 Samuel 8:3
“His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.”
Genesis 38:22
“He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"”
Psalms 69:20
“Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.”
2 Chronicles 12:14
“He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.”
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