Bible Verses about Dependence
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’ | For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’ |
Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. | Trust in Yahweh 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. |
The mind of a person plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps. |
My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
I will raise my eyes to the mountains; From where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. | I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. |
Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand. | There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. |
I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. | I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
He gives strength to the weary, And to the one who lacks might He increases power. | He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. |
Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. | Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. |
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber. | He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. |
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. | Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient. |
The Lord is my shepherd, I will not be in need. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. | Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. |
I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. | I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. | Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. |
The Lord will fight for you, while you keep silent. | Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still. |
Unless the Lord builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain. | Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. |
It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. | Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. |
If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me. | When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. |
From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. | Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. |
On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him. | In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him. |
But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given to You. | But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own. |
And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who are in the flesh can’t please God. |
Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. | Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. |
For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them. | For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them. |
Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. | Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. |
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