Striving for Perseverance (3 of 3)

God uses scripture to teach people mastery over the flesh. This list covers facets of perseverance that are needful for self mastery.

Perseverance

Instruction

Ephesians 6:18 KJV — "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”

Quit - Like Men

Instruction

1 Samuel 4:9 KJV — "Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight."

1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV — "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."

Stedfastness

Stedfast (Stedfastly/Stedfastness)

Instruction 

1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV — "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV - "8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."

2 Peter 3:17 KJV — "Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness."

Wisdom

Job 11:14-15 KJV - "14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:"

1 Corinthians 7:36-37 KJV - "36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well."

Hebrews 6:19 KJV — "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"

Implications

Hebrews 3:14 KJV — "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;”

Testimonials

Luke 9:51 KJV — "And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,"

Acts 2:42 KJV — "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

2 Corinthians 1:7 KJV — "And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation."

Colossians 2:5 KJV — "For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ."

Trust

Trust (Trusting)

Instruction

Job 35:14 KJV — "Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him."

Psalm 4:5 KJV — "Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD."

Psalm 37:3 KJV — "Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."

Psalm 37:5 KJV — "Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."

Psalm 62:8 KJV — "Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah."

Psalm 115:9 KJV — "O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield."

Psalm 115:10 KJV — "O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield."

Psalm 115:11 KJV — "Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield."

Proverbs 3:5 KJV — "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

Psalm 146:3 KJV — "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."

Isaiah 26:4 KJV — "Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:"

Isaiah 50:10 KJV — "Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.”

(Trust Not)

Psalm 62:10 KJV — "Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them."

Psalm 146:3 KJV — "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."

Jeremiah 7:4 KJV — "Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these."

Jeremiah 9:4 KJV — "Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.”

Jeremiah 49:11 KJV — "Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me."

Micah 7:5 KJV — "Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom."

1 Timothy 6:17 KJV — "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”

Imploration

Proverbs 22:17-19 KJV - "17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee."

Wisdom

Psalm 118:8-9 KJV — "8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.”

Proverbs 31:10-11 KJV - "10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil."

Mark 10:24 KJV — "And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”

2 Corinthians 1:9 KJV — "But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”

1 Timothy 5:3, 5 KJV - "3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. ... 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day."

​​Implication

2 Samuel 22:31 KJV — "As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.”

Psalm 2:12 KJV — "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

Psalm 5:11 KJV — "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

Psalm 17:7 KJV — "Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them."

Psalm 18:30 KJV — "As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him."

Psalm 31:19 KJV — "Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!"

Psalm 32:10 KJV — "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about."

Psalm 33:21 KJV — "For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name."

Psalm 34:8 KJV — "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."

Psalm 34:22 KJV — "The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate."

Psalm 37:40 KJV — "And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.”

Psalm 40:4 KJV — "Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”

Psalm 84:12 KJV — "O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee."

Psalm 125:1 KJV — "A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever."

Proverbs 16:20 KJV — "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he."

Proverbs 28:25 KJV — "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.”

Proverbs 29:25 KJV — "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.”

Isaiah 26:3 KJV — "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Isaiah 57:13 KJV — "When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;"

Jeremiah 17:7 KJV — "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is."

Jeremiah 39:18 KJV — "For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD."

Nahum 1:7 KJV — "The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him."

Affirmation

2 Samuel 22:3 KJV — "The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence."

Job 13:15 KJV — "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”

Psalm 9:10 KJV — "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."

Psalm 18:2 KJV — "The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.”

Psalm 20:7 KJV — "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God."

Psalm 44:5-7 KJV - "5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us."

Psalm 55:23 KJV — "But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee."

Psalm 56:3 KJV — "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."

Psalm 61:4 KJV — "I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.”

Psalm 91:2 KJV — "I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust."

Isaiah 12:2 KJV — "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation."

Hebrews 2:13 KJV — "And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.”

​Testimonials

Ruth 2:12 KJV — "The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust."

2 Kings 18:5 KJV — "He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.”

1 Chronicles 5:20 KJV — "And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him."

Psalm 7:1 KJV — "Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:"

Psalm 11:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?"

Psalm 13:5 KJV — "But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation."

Psalm 16:1 KJV — "Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust."

Psalm 21:7 KJV — "For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved."

Psalm 22:3-8 KJV - "3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."

Psalm 25:2 KJV — "O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me."

Psalm 25:20 KJV — "O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee."

Psalm 26:1 KJV — "A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide."

Psalm 28:7 KJV — "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him."

Psalm 31:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness."

Psalm 31:6 KJV — "I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD."

Psalm 31:14 KJV — "But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God."

Psalm 36:7 KJV — "How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings."

Psalm 52:8 KJV — "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever."

Psalm 56:4 KJV — "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me."

Psalm 56:11 KJV — "In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."

Psalm 57:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast."

Psalm 71:1 KJV — "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion."

Psalm 71:5 KJV — "For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth."

Psalm 73:28 KJV — "But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works."

Psalm 86:2 KJV — "Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee."

Psalm 112:7 KJV — "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.”

Psalm 119:42 KJV — "So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word."

Psalm 141:8 KJV — "But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute."

Psalm 143:8 KJV — "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee."

Psalm 144:2 KJV — "My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me."

Daniel 3:28 KJV — "Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”

Matthew 27:43 KJV — "He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”

2 Corinthians 1:5, 10 KJV - "5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. ... 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;"

2 Corinthians 3:4 KJV — "And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:"

Ephesians 1:12-13 KJV — "12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"

1 Timothy 4:10 KJV — "For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe."

1 Peter 3:5 KJV — "For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”

Prophetic

Psalm 40:3 KJV — "And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.”

Psalm 64:10 KJV — "The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory."

Psalm 91:4 KJV — "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler."

Isaiah 14:32 KJV — "What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.”

Isaiah 51:5 KJV — "My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.”

Zephaniah 3:12 KJV — "I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD."

Matthew 12:21 KJV — "And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."

Romans 15:12 KJV — "And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.”

Valiantly

Valiantly (Valientest/Valiant)

​Wisdom

Psalm 60:12 KJV — "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies."

Psalm 108:13 KJV — "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies."

Testimonials

2 Chronicles 26:17 KJV — "And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:"

Hebrews 11:32-34 KJV - "32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens."

War

War (Warreth/Warfare)

Instruction

1 Timothy 1:18 KJV — "This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;"

​​Imploration

1 Peter 2:11 KJV — "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"

Wisdom

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 KJV — "3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)”

2 Timothy 2:4 KJV — "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."

Well Doing

Instruction

2 Thessalonians 3:13 KJV — "But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”

1 Peter 4:19 KJV — "Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

​​Wisdom

1 Peter 2:15 KJV — "For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:"

1 Peter 3:17 KJV — "For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”

​​Implication

Romans 2:7 KJV — "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

Galatians 6:9 KJV — "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Withstand

Instruction

Ephesians 6:13 KJV — "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."

Wrestle

​​Wisdom

Ephesians 6:12 KJV — "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”