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Bible Verses About Trusting God

Trusting God sounds simple until life stops making sense. A plan falls apart, a prayer seems unanswered, or the future is suddenly unclear. The Bible’s answer is not a formula but a person who can be trusted. Proverbs tells us to trust in the LORD with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding. David, hunted and afraid, wrote, “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.” Jeremiah compares the person who trusts God to a tree planted by water, still green in a year of drought. Jesus pointed to the birds of the air and asked whether our heavenly Father would not care for us much more. These Bible verses about trusting God are for the waiting room, the sleepless night and the hard decision. Scroll through them, choose one to memorize, and remember that trusting God is not the absence of questions but the choice to bring them to him.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 WEB

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:6 WEB

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Psalm 56:3 WEB

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

Psalm 56:4 WEB

Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Psalm 37:3 WEB

Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4 WEB

Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Psalm 37:5 WEB

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

Psalm 9:10 WEB

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 13:5 WEB

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

Psalm 20:7 WEB

The LORD 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.

Psalm 28:7 WEB

But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”

Psalm 31:14 WEB

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Psalm 31:15 WEB

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.

Psalm 32:10 WEB

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

Psalm 40:4 WEB

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

Psalm 52:8 WEB

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

Psalm 62:8 WEB

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 91:2 WEB

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Psalm 112:7 WEB

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

Psalm 118:8 WEB

Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

Psalm 125:1 WEB

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Psalm 143:8 WEB

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:2 WEB

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Isaiah 26:3 WEB

Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.

Isaiah 26:4 WEB

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in the LORD’s name, and rely on his God.

Isaiah 50:10 WEB

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

Jeremiah 17:7 WEB

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.

Jeremiah 17:8 WEB

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

Nahum 1:7 WEB

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

Proverbs 16:3 WEB

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in the LORD is blessed.

Proverbs 16:20 WEB

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 28:25 WEB

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in the LORD is kept safe.

Proverbs 29:25 WEB

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:5 WEB

As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

2 Samuel 22:31 WEB

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Daniel 6:23 WEB

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.

Romans 15:13 WEB

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 WEB

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5 WEB

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Hebrews 13:6 WEB

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7 WEB

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 WEB

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:26 WEB

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Matthew 6:34 WEB

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

John 14:1 WEB

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,

2 Corinthians 1:9 WEB

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 4:10 WEB

LORD of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Psalm 84:12 WEB

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Bible verse about trusting God?

Proverbs 3:5–6 is the best known: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Psalm 56:3 and Isaiah 26:3 are also favorites.

What does the Bible say about trusting God’s plan?

It teaches that God works all things together for good for those who love him (Romans 8:28), that he directs the paths of those who trust him (Proverbs 3:6), and that those who trust him are like a tree that does not wither in drought (Jeremiah 17:7–8).

How do I trust God when I am afraid?

David prayed, “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee” (Psalm 56:3). Trust often begins by telling God honestly what you fear and handing it to him, “casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Peter 5:7).

Why should we trust God?

Scripture points to his character: “every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him” (Proverbs 30:5). He has never forsaken those who seek him (Psalm 9:10) and promises never to leave us (Hebrews 13:5).

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