Bible Verses About Faith
For hope and trust, see Hope and Trust. For prayer that asks in faith, see Prayer. For wisdom, see Wisdom. For stories about trusting God under pressure, see Jesus in the Wilderness and the collection Bible Stories About Temptation. Text: World English Bible (public domain).
The Bible describes faith as trust in God and as assurance of things hoped for. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen; Ephesians 2:8–9 says we are saved by grace through faith, not of works; and Proverbs 3:5–6 says to trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Verses
Hebrews 11:1. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6. Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
2 Corinthians 5:7. for we walk by faith, not by sight.
Romans 10:17. So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 17:20. He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Mark 11:22–24. 22 Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, he shall have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
James 2:17. Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
Ephesians 2:8–9. 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast.
Proverbs 3:5–6. 5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Romans 1:17. For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
1 Corinthians 16:13. Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
James 1:6. But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
Romans 5:1. Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Habakkuk 2:4. Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
Luke 17:5–6. 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” 6 The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
1 Timothy 6:12. Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.