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100 Bible Verses about Quitting

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 1,269 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 1,020 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 638 helpful votes

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 603 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 550 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 533 helpful votes

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 516 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 514 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 482 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Acts 20:24 ESV / 479 helpful votes

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 463 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 460 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

John 14:16 ESV / 450 helpful votes

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 442 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 439 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 434 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 434 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 433 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 433 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 431 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 416 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 413 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

John 15:5 ESV / 409 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 391 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Chronicles 15:7 ESV / 389 helpful votes

But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 384 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 382 helpful votes

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 349 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 342 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 338 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 5:16 ESV / 327 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 327 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Philippians 3:14 ESV / 323 helpful votes

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 313 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

John 14:27 ESV / 311 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 306 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV / 306 helpful votes

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 293 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 277 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 277 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load. ...

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 274 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Matthew 6:34 ESV / 250 helpful votes

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 249 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 248 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 247 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

John 1:1 ESV / 240 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 236 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 232 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 228 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 224 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 31:24 ESV / 224 helpful votes

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 221 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 217 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Romans 5:5 ESV / 216 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 216 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV / 213 helpful votes

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Isaiah 40:29-31 ESV / 213 helpful votes

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 212 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 203 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Ephesians 4:22 ESV / 199 helpful votes

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

Hebrews 12:3 ESV / 198 helpful votes

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 197 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:16 ESV / 197 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 194 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 193 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Psalm 37:24 ESV / 183 helpful votes

Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 181 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Romans 13:14 ESV / 179 helpful votes

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 178 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

2 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV / 176 helpful votes

As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

John 14:6 ESV / 171 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 169 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 168 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

John 1:14 ESV / 157 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

2 Timothy 3:14 ESV / 156 helpful votes

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

John 8:36 ESV / 155 helpful votes

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ESV / 154 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

Hebrews 6:1-20 ESV / 148 helpful votes

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, ...

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 148 helpful votes

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 146 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 145 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Luke 9:62 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 137 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Psalm 18:32 ESV / 135 helpful votes

The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

Philippians 3:12-14 ESV / 134 helpful votes

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

James 4:7 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 129 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Acts 21:13 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Psalm 71:16 ESV / 115 helpful votes

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 109 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Isaiah 40:1-31 ESV / 105 helpful votes

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” ...

Psalm 18:6 ESV / 103 helpful votes

In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 102 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 100 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

James 1:2-4 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

John 8:32 ESV / 94 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

1 Corinthians 6:10 ESV / 93 helpful votes

Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

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