Bible verses about trusting God
The Bible's best-known verse on trusting God is Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Scripture calls people to rely on God rather than on their own wisdom, wealth or powerful people, and promises that those who trust him will not be put to shame.
In the Bible, trust is something you do, not only something you feel. People trust God by committing their plans to him, obeying when they cannot see the outcome, and turning to him first when they are afraid.
These verses are grouped by what trust looks like in practice: with all your heart, when you are afraid, instead of other things, when you cannot see the way, and in the lives of people who trusted God with everything.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 · KJV
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6Trust with your whole heart, do not lean on your own understanding, and God will direct your paths.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:3-5Trust, do good, delight in the LORD, and commit your way to him, and he shall bring it to pass.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs 16:3Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be established.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalm 62:8Trust is for all times, and it includes pouring out your heart to God.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 26:3-4Trust in the LORD for ever, because in him is everlasting strength.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalm 9:10Those who know God's name trust him, because he has not forsaken those who seek him.
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 143:8A morning prayer: in thee do I trust, cause me to know the way wherein I should walk.
Trust when you are afraid
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 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 56:3-4What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee, a choice made in the middle of fear.
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.
Isaiah 12:2God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Psalm 112:7The one who trusts the LORD is not afraid of evil tidings, because his heart is fixed.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Proverbs 29:25Fear of people is a snare, but whoever trusts the LORD shall be safe.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalm 31:14-15David hands his life over in one line: My times are in thy hand.
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.
Isaiah 50:10For the one who walks in darkness with no light, the instruction is to trust and lean on God.
Trust God, not other things
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 20:7Some trust in chariots and horses, but we remember the name of the LORD.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Psalm 118:8-9It is better to trust in the LORD than in people, even princes.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Psalm 146:3-5Human help fades with a person's last breath; happy is the one whose hope is in the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:5A sober warning about the person who trusts in man and whose heart turns from God.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8The one who trusts the LORD is like a tree by the river that stays green in drought.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 28:26Trusting only your own heart is called foolish; walking wisely brings deliverance.
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:9Paul says hardship taught him to stop trusting himself and trust God, who raises the dead.
When you cannot see the way
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours, as the heavens are higher than the earth.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28All things work together for good to them that love God, even the things we do not understand yet.
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
2 Corinthians 5:7We walk by faith, not by sight.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews 11:8Abraham obeyed and went out, not knowing where he was going.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians 1:6God will finish the good work he started in you.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
2 Timothy 1:12Paul knew whom he had believed and was persuaded God could keep what he had entrusted to him.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations 3:22-24God's compassions are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
People who trusted God
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8On the way up the mountain, Abraham told Isaac, God will provide himself a lamb.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Romans 4:20-21Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to do what he had promised.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:17-18Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego trusted God to deliver them, and said they would stay faithful even if he did not.
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Daniel 6:23Daniel came out of the lions' den unhurt because he believed in his God.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 13:15In his suffering Job said, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
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.
2 Kings 18:5King Hezekiah trusted the LORD so fully that no king of Judah was like him.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalm 22:4-5Our fathers trusted in thee, and they were not confounded.
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What is the main Bible verse about trusting God?
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
How do you trust God when you are afraid?
The psalms model it as a decision: "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Many people pray that verse, tell God plainly what they fear, and then take the next right step.
What does it mean to lean not on your own understanding?
It means not making your own reasoning the final word. Proverbs 3:5-6 does not tell people to stop thinking, but to bring their plans to God and let him direct them.
Who in the Bible trusted God the most?
Abraham is the classic example: he left home not knowing where he was going and believed God would provide. Daniel, his three friends, Job and King Hezekiah are also remembered for their trust.
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