Ten of the seventeen entries readers of OpenBible linked to success are from the Old Testament, four from the letters and three from the Gospels; they are shown in five groups.
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Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.” In Proverbs 3:1–4 a father tells his son to keep his commandments, and he will find favor with God and man, and 3:5 says to trust in the LORD with all one's heart. Psalm 37:4, attributed to David by its heading, says, “Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
In Joshua 1:5–9 and 1:8 the LORD tells Joshua to meditate on the Book of the Law, “For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.” In 1 Kings 2:3 David, near his death, charges Solomon to keep the charge of the LORD so that he may prosper. In Deuteronomy 8:18 Moses tells Israel that it is the LORD who gives the power to gain wealth.
In Jeremiah 29:11, in a letter to the exiles in Babylon, the LORD speaks of plans to prosper them, and in Isaiah 41:10 He tells Israel, “Do not fear, for I am with you.”
In Matthew 6:25–33 Jesus says not to worry about food and clothing but to seek first the kingdom of God. In Matthew 16:26 He asks what it will profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul, and in Luke 16:10–11 He speaks of being faithful with very little.
In Philippians 4:13 Paul says of himself, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” James 4:10 tells its readers to humble themselves before the Lord, and Romans 12:2 speaks of being transformed by the renewing of the mind.