Bible Verses about Dependence
For I, the Lord, am your God and I grasp your right hand. It is I who say to you, Do not fear; I will help you. | For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.” |
Trust wholeheartedly in the Lord rather than relying on your own intelligence. In everything you do, acknowledge him, and he will see that your paths are straight. | Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. |
A man may plan his own course, but the Lord makes his steps secure. | The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. |
Even should my heart and my flesh fail, God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where will I receive help? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. | The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established. |
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing. | I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. |
He gives strength to the weary and new vigor to those who are powerless. | He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. |
I do not say this because I have been in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. | Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. |
He will not permit your foot to stumble; he who guards you will not fall asleep. | He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. |
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own. | So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today. |
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me to tranquil streams. | The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. |
I keep the Lord always before me, for with him at my right hand I will never fall. | I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
Live in harmony with one another. Do not consider yourself to be better than others, but associate with the lowly, and never be conceited. | Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. |
The Lord will battle for you. Be calm! | The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still. |
If the Lord does not build the house, those who construct it labor in vain. If the Lord does not guard the city, those who keep watch over it do so in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. |
The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. |
When I realized that my foot was slipping, your kindness, O Lord, raised me up. | When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. |
In my distress I called out to the Lord; he answered by setting me free. | Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. |
But who am I, and what are your people, that we should be able to do this? All things belong to you, and everything that we have given you is from your hand. | But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. |
When things are going well, be grateful for your blessings, and in times of adversity consider this: God has made both of them, so that we cannot predict with confidence what the future holds. | In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. |
Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. | And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. | Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
It was not their own swords that won them the land, nor did their own arms make them victorious; rather, it was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, because you loved them. | For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them. |
Restore us, O Lord of hosts; let your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. | Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. |
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