14 Bible Verses About Giving Up

The 14 most-voted scriptures about Giving Up, from 12 books (1 Corinthians, Joshua, 2 Chronicles and 9 more), ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Galatians 6:9

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Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.

Joshua 1:9

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Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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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.

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Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Chronicles 15:7

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But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

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But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

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Romans 12:11–12

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11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

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11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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11not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, 12rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,

2 Timothy 4:7

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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

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I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Matthew 11:28

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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Mark 10:27

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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

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And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

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Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

1 Corinthians 16:13

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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

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Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

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Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

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Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2 Peter 3:8–9

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8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

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8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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8But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Psalm 37:24

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Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

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Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

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1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. 12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

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1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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1If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing. 3If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. 4Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part; 10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with. 11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things. 12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known. 13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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1 Corinthians 15:58

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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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.

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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 8:12

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For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

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For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

14 verses, from 12 books:

  • Joshua (1)
  • 2 Chronicles (1)
  • Psalm (1)
  • Matthew (1)
  • Mark (1)
  • Romans (1)
  • 1 Corinthians (3)
  • 2 Corinthians (1)
  • Galatians (1)
  • Philippians (1)
  • 2 Timothy (1)
  • 2 Peter (1)