100 Bible Verses About Steadfastness
Bible verses about Steadfastness
Steadfastness, a virtue deeply rooted in faith, is a cornerstone of the Christian journey. Scripture offers profound guidance, illuminating the path to unwavering commitment amidst life's trials. Exploring these verses reveals that steadfastness isn't merely enduring hardship, but actively trusting in God's promises and holding fast to His teachings. It's about developing an inner resilience, fueled by the Holy Spirit, that enables us to stand firm in our beliefs, remain constant in prayer, and persevere in love, ultimately reflecting Christ's unwavering character and drawing us closer to His eternal embrace. Through understanding steadfastness, we unlock a deeper level of spiritual strength.
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Psalms 105:10 (KJV)
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
Steadfast Faith: Bible Verses on Endurance & Strength
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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.
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord.
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
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:
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
The Bible's verses on steadfastness paint a vivid picture of unwavering faith and resilience in the face of life's inevitable storms. From enduring trials with patience to remaining committed to God's word and purpose, these scriptures offer a powerful antidote to discouragement and a compass for navigating uncertainty. They demonstrate that true strength lies not in avoiding hardship, but in holding fast to our beliefs and trusting in God's unwavering love. As we reflect on these passages, let us be inspired to cultivate a spirit of steadfastness in our own lives. May we commit to deepening our relationship with God, seeking his guidance through prayer and scripture, and allowing his strength to sustain us through every challenge. Embracing steadfastness allows us to live with purpose, hope, and an unwavering belief in the promises of God.