Bible Verses About Success
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for success, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,396 votes, led by Proverbs 16:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Success
Proverbs 16:3765 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Philippians 4:13583 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Psalms 37:4580 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Proverbs 3:1-4416 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
James 4:10388 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Matthew 6:25-33347 votes
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Proverbs 3:5328 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Jeremiah 29:11316 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Isaiah 41:10263 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
1 Kings 2:3253 votes
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Joshua 1:5-9246 votes
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Romans 12:2217 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Philippians 4:6215 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Deuteronomy 8:18205 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Joshua 1:8202 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.
Matthew 16:26191 votes
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 16:10-11174 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Psalms 1:1-6155 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Proverbs 3:3-4134 votes
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Jeremiah 17:7113 votes
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Genesis 39:2-6105 votes
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
John 16:3397 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Galatians 5:22-2383 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Psalms 118:2581 votes
Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Habakkuk 2:381 votes
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
What does the Bible say about success?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:3 on the subject of success. Across 9,396 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Philippians 4:13, Psalms 37:4, Proverbs 3:1-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.