Bible Verses About Trust
For faith and hope, see Faith and Hope. For fear and anxiety, see Fear and Anxiety. For peace, see Peace. For a story about whether a clear word can be trusted, see Eve and the Serpent. Text: World English Bible (public domain).
Bible verses about trust call people to rely on God rather than on themselves or on uncertain things. Key passages include Proverbs 3:5–6, Psalm 56:3, and Isaiah 26:3–4. Other passages say those who trust the Lord are blessed, and compare God to a rock and a refuge.
Verses
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.
Psalm 56:3–4. 3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Isaiah 26:3–4. 3 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
Psalm 9:10. Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Jeremiah 17:7–8. 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. 8 For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
Psalm 37:5. Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
Psalm 28:7. Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
Nahum 1:7. Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 91:2. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
Isaiah 12:2. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
Psalm 62:8. Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 112:7. He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
John 14:1. “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
Isaiah 41:10. Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalm 20:7. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.
2 Samuel 22:31. As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 125:1. A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.