100 Bible Verses About Perseverance

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon–parez.

Then Job answered and said,

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.

Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: