What Does the Bible Say About You Cannot?

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 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.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 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 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Luke 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 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,

1 John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Romans 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 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.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 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.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 127:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

30 Bible Verses about You Cannot

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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30 Bible Verses about You Cannot

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Matthew 6:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 16:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Galatians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Psalm 127:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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