Bible Verses About Risk Taking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for risk taking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 32,064 votes, led by 2 Kings 7:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Risk Taking
2 Kings 7:4980 votes
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6855 votes
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
2 Timothy 1:7843 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Matthew 25:14-30814 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-3781 votes
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Matthew 25:29770 votes
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Proverbs 3:5767 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Mark 8:36764 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Deuteronomy 10:11-12757 votes
And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
1 John 4:17-20742 votes
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Matthew 14:29719 votes
And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Luke 14:28-32631 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Joshua 1:9514 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Proverbs 3:5-6501 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Ephesians 5:15-17488 votes
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Revelation 1:1481 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
John 3:16-17451 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.
Luke 1:37448 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Romans 8:31448 votes
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Hebrews 11:1425 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Matthew 6:34408 votes
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Proverbs 29:25400 votes
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6399 votes
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Philippians 4:6-7398 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Ecclesiastes 11:4388 votes
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
What does the Bible say about risk taking?
Readers most often cite 2 Kings 7:4 on the subject of risk taking. Across 32,064 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 11:4-6, 2 Timothy 1:7, Matthew 25:14-30. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.