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Bible Verses About Lent
Find Bible verses about lent — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about lent?
The Bible addresses lent 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
Proverbs 8:6
“Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.”
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Amos 7:3
“Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.”
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Isaiah 53:7
“He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.”
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Proverbs 17:28
“Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.”
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Job 13:5
“Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.”
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Habakkuk 2:20
“But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"”
Proverbs 20:17
“Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.”
Luke 19:40
“He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."”
Luke 10:2
“Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37
“Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.”
Acts 8:32
“Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.”
Mark 3:4
“He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.”
Isaiah 42:14
“"I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.”
Psalms 76:8
“You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,”
2 Kings 7:9
“Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us g...”
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1 Corinthians 12:31 — “But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you....”
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