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What the Bible says about success
The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.
Prov 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.Ps 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.Jer 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.Deut 8:18
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.Jas 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.Josh 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.Prov 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;1 Kgs 2:3
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,Matt 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.
Sources
The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain