100 Bible Verses about Put Faith In God Not Man

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 81 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 78 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 2:5 ESV / 62 helpful votes

So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Jeremiah 17:5 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Psalm 118:8-9 ESV / 58 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 50 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.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Micah 7:5 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 146:3 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Psalm 118:9 ESV / 31 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 15:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

2 Timothy 3:13-17 ESV / 27 helpful votes

While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 27 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 27 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 9:10 ESV / 26 helpful votes

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 25 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.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 24 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.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 23 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

James 2:19 ESV / 22 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Romans 1:17 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 22 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Isaiah 31:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Luke 17:5 ESV / 21 helpful votes

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

Isaiah 2:22 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

Psalm 108:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

James 2:24 ESV / 19 helpful votes

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 6:16 ESV / 19 helpful votes

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

Psalm 118:1-29 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ...

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 19 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.”

Psalm 37:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Psalm 20:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

John 14:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

John 3:16 ESV / 16 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.

Matthew 21:22 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 21:21-22 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Daniel 6:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 15 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.”

1 John 5:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Galatians 2:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Romans 13:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 14 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.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Proverbs 3:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

John 3:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 11 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 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 11 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 29:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Psalm 40:3-4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

Psalm 32:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

James 2:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:14-26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

1 Thessalonians 2:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

Philippians 4:11-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 3:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

Galatians 3:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 8:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 10 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.

Mark 11:22-24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 21:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 10 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.

Isaiah 36:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 31:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 30:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 10 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.

Psalm 27:1-14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. ...

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

James 1:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 9 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.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 9 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.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 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; ...

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 9 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.

Romans 12:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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

Psalm 118:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

Psalm 60:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

Psalm 56:3-4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 40:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 9 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.

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