What Does the Bible Say About Dealing With Resistance?

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

James 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:2-4 ESV / 3 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.

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

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;

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

James 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Philippians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 6:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Romans 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 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.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Romans 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 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.

John 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Matthew 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

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. ...

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 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.

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Job 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Numbers 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian.

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, ...

Genesis 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

37 Bible Verses about Dealing With Resistance

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:2-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 20:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 22:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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37 Bible Verses about Dealing With Resistance

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Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:2-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 20:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Philippians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 22:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes