01 Jun What The Bible Says About: Faith

First mentions of Faith in Bible were men who walked faithfully with God. 

After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. (Genesis 5:22,24, 6:9)

Then he blessed Joseph and said “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, (Genesis 48:15)

Walking faithfully with God. 

“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. (2 Kings 20:3)

“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. (Isaiah 38:3)

Faith and Righteousness

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6)

The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness. The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. (1 Samuel 26:23)

Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. (1 Kings 3:6)

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. (2 Chronicles 31:20-21)

You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous. (Nehemiah 9:8)

Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. (Psalm 85:10-11)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. (Psalm 89:14)

Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. (Isaiah 11:5)

The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets. (Micah 7:2)

See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright — but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness (Habakkuk 2:4)

Faith and Covenant

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers. (Genesis 17:1-2)

and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ (1 Kings 2:4)

Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ (1 Kings 8:25)

As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, ⁵ I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ (1 Kings 9:4-5)

As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws, I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’ (2 Chronicles 7:17-18)

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, (Psalm 18:25)

For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish. (Psalm 37:28)

their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant. (Psalm 78:37)

I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants — but let them not turn to folly. (Psalm 85:8)

for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. (Proverbs 2:8)

“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.” (Isaiah 61:8)

He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord. (Ezekiel 18:9)

Faith tested

He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.” (Genesis 22:5)

Faithful with each other

Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn. (Genesis 24:49)

If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. (Exodus 21:8)

You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago. (Micah 7:20)

Staff (physical) and Faith (spiritual)

But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.

 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. (Exodus 4:17,20)

Trust in the Lord

And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant. (Exodus 14:31)

But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. (Numbers 12:7)

He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails”; (1 Samuel 2:9)

Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; (Psalm 86:2)

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. (Psalm 119:30)

Faithfulness of God

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation. (Exodus 34:6-7)

May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. (2 Samuel 2:6)

You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness. (2 Samuel 15:20)

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, (2 Samuel 22:26)

In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly. (Nehemiah 9:33)

I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always. (1 Samuel 2:35)

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. (Psalm 16:10)

All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. (Psalm 25:10)

for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. (Psalm 26:3)

“What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? (Psalm 30:9)

Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God. (Psalm 31:5)

For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. (Psalm 33:4)

Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. (Psalm 36:5)

I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly. (Psalm 40:10)

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. (Psalm 40:11)

Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. (Psalm 43:3)

Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them. (Psalm 54:5)

He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me. God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. (Psalm 57:3)

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. (Psalm 57:10)

May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him. (Psalm 61:7)

I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. (Psalm 71:22)

Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. (Psalm 86:11)

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. (Psalm 86:15)

I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. (Psalm 89:1)

I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. (Psalm 89:2)

The heavens praise your wonders, Lord, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. (Psalm 89:5)

Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. (Psalm 89:8)

My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. (Psalm 89:24)

but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. (Psalm 89:33)

it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” (Psalm 89:37)

Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. (Psalm 96:13)

He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psalm 98:3)

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100:5)

The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness. (Psalm 111:7-8)

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. (Psalm 115:1)

For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord. (Psalm 117:2)

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures. (Psalm 119:90)

I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame. (Psalm 138:2)

Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. (Psalm 143:1)

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. (Psalm 145:13)

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. (Psalm 145:17)

He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them — he remains faithful forever. (Psalm 146:6)

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. (Isaiah 25:1)

For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. (Isaiah 38:18)

The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness. (Isaiah 38:19)

This is what the Lord says — the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel — to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” (Isaiah 49:7)

“Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.” (Isaiah 55:3)

Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever. (Jeremiah 3:12)

Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. (Jeremiah 42:5)

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One. (Hosea 12)

Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.” (Zechariah 8:7-8)

Faith of men

We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the Lord’s inheritance? (2 Samuel 20:19)

Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. (Psalm 30:4)

Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full. (Psalm 31:23)

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. (Psalm 32:6)

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. (Psalm 51:6)

For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good. (Psalm 52:9)

Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people. (Psalm 89:19)

Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 97:10)

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose walk is blameless will minister to me. (Psalm 101:6)

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants. (Psalm 116:15)

All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you. (Psalm 145:10)

And he has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his faithful servants, of Israel, the people close to his heart. (Psalm 148:14)

Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. (Psalm 149:1)

Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. (Psalm 149:5)

to carry out the sentence written against them—this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord. (Psalm 149:9)

A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. (Proverbs 28:20)

A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. (Isaiah 40:6)

Faithful in consecrating oneself

They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves. (2 Chronicles 31:18)

Faith and trials

After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. (2 Chronicles 32:1)

I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. (Psalm 119:75)

Labored faithfully

The workers labored faithfully. Over them to direct them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites descended from Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descended from Kohath. The Levites—all who were skilled in playing musical instruments (2 Chronicles 34:12)

Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services. (Nehemiah 13:14)

Faithful servants

“Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.” (Psalms 4:3)

This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. (Ezekiel 48:11)

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? (Matthew 24:45)

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:21)

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:23)

Lamentations

“Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.” (Psalm 12:1)

They would not be like their ancestors — a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him. (Psalm 78:8)

Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? (Psalm 88:11)

Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? (Psalm 89:49)

Love and faithfulness

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. (Proverbs 3:3)

Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness. (Proverbs 14:22)

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided. (Proverbs 16:6)

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? (Proverbs 20:6)

Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure. (Proverbs 20:28)

Faithful instructions

She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. (Proverbs 31:26)

Faithful city and nation

See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her — but now murderers! (Isaiah 1:21)

I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.” (Isaiah 1:26)

Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. (Isaiah 26:2)

Stand firm in faith

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’” (Isaiah 7:9)

Faith and justice

A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; (Isaiah 42:3)

Speak faithfully

Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:28)

Obey faithfully

and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement, its exits and entrances—its whole design and all its regulations and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations. (Ezekiel 43:11)

Betroth faithfulness

I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord. (Hosea 2:20)

Faithful city

This is what the Lord says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.” (Zechariah 8:3)

Faith in the law

Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. (Matthew 1:19)

Little faith

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? (Matthew 6:30)

He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. (Matthew 8:26)

And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. (Matthew 13:58)

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31)

Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? (Matthew 16:8)

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20)

He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4:40)

He was amazed at their lack of faith. (Mark 6:6)

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. (Mark 16:14)

“Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.” (Luke 8:25)

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! (Luke 12:28)

Great faith

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. (Matthew 8:10)

Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. (Matthew 15:28)

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” (Luke 7:9)

Faith and healing

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment. (Matthew *:13)

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment. (Matthew 9:22)

Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; (Matthew 9:29)

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (Mark 5:34)

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (Mark 10:52)

Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” (Luke 8:48)

Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:19)

Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” (Luke 18:42)

Other teachings on faith by Jesus

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. (Matthew 21:21)

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. (Mark 11:22-24)

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. (Matthew 23:23)

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. (Luke 17:5-6)

I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8)

Faith and forgiveness of sins

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” (Mark 2:5)

When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” – (Luke 5:20)

Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:50)

Help me with my faith

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5-6)

Jesus prays for our faith

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:32)