Bible Verses About Trusting God
To trust God is to lean your whole weight on Him rather than on your own understanding. These verses, many from the Psalms, call God’s people to trust Him at all times and show why He is worthy of it.
16 verses about trusting god (KJV)
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Guided journeys on trusting god
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Waiting on God
7 days of hope when the answer has not come
- Day 1: I waited patiently — Psalms 40:1-3“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and…”
- Day 2: More than watchmen — Psalms 130:1-8“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O…”
- Day 3: I will look to the Lord — Micah 7:7-8“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in…”
- Day 4: Though it tarry — Habakkuk 2:1-4“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and…”
- Day 5: Renewed strength — Isaiah 40:28-31“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his…”
- Day 6: Simeon's long wait — Luke 2:25-32“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.…”
- Day 7: Patient like a farmer — James 5:7-11“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive…”
Guidance for Decisions
7 days on seeking God's wisdom
- Day 1: Trust with all your heart — Proverbs 3:5-8“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes…”
- Day 2: A renewed mind — Romans 12:1-2“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not…”
- Day 3: Ask for wisdom — James 1:5-8“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he…”
- Day 4: A lamp to my feet — Psalms 119:105-112“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O…”
- Day 5: Many counsellors — Proverbs 15:22“Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.”
- Day 6: Closed doors and open ones — Acts 16:6-10“Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed…”
- Day 7: This is the way — Isaiah 30:19-21“For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).