Bible Verses About Bad Luck
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bad luck, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 441 votes, led by Hebrews 10:35-36. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bad Luck
Hebrews 10:35-3667 votes
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
2 Kings 2:23-2448 votes
And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
Isaiah 54:1738 votes
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 3:3332 votes
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Romans 8:1832 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Isaiah 45:2-325 votes
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Proverbs 1:3323 votes
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Deuteronomy 28:10-1420 votes
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Psalms 35:15-2018 votes
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Psalms 118:1718 votes
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Psalms 84:1116 votes
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
John 3:1616 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalms 20:6-715 votes
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Malachi 3:614 votes
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-1013 votes
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
1 Timothy 6:1013 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Joshua 1:812 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Ecclesiastes 9:1111 votes
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Malachi 3:1110 votes
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
What does the Bible say about bad luck?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 10:35-36 on the subject of bad luck. Across 441 votes, 19 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Kings 2:23-24, Isaiah 54:17, Proverbs 3:33. This page lists all 19 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.