What does the Bible say about trusting God?

Key Bible verses about trusting God

1. Proverbs 3:5-6

   Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

2. Psalm 20:7

   Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

3. Psalm 37:3-5

   Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

4. Psalm 56:3-4

   When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5. Psalm 62:8

   Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

6. Psalm 9:10

   Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

7. Psalm 118:8

   It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.

8. Isaiah 26:3-4

   You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.

9. Jeremiah 17:7-8

   “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD. 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.

10. Nahum 1:7

    The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

11. 2 Corinthians 1:9

    Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

12. Romans 15:13

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture: World English Bible (public domain). Short quotations in the introduction are from the ESV. Read each passage in its chapter for the full context.