Bible verses about faith
Faith is defined once in Scripture — a single sentence about things hoped for and things not seen — and then illustrated for the rest of a chapter by people who died without receiving what they were promised. These passages are set out with a sentence on each.
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. — Habakkuk 2:4 · WEB
The answer is not an explanation but a sentence to hold on to while the explanation is withheld.
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. — Matthew 17:20 · WEB
At the foot of the mountain a father is waiting whom the nine could not help, and the failure is explained in one word.
Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. — Mark 11:22 · WEB
The tree is dead from the roots, the lesson is praying faith that forgives — and the authorities' demand for credentials is met with a question they dare not answer.
Read the comment on The Withered Fig Tree, and the Question of Authority
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” — Luke 17:5 · WEB
Forgive seven times a day, they ask for more faith, and are told they are servants who have done what was expected.
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” — Romans 1:17 · WEB
Two verses state the thesis of the whole letter, and every phrase in them is a chapter waiting to happen.
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. — Romans 10:17 · WEB
for we walk by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians 5:7 · WEB
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me. — Galatians 2:20 · WEB
above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. — Ephesians 6:16 · WEB
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — Hebrews 11:1 · WEB
Faith is defined by what it does for unseen things, and the first exhibit is not a hero but the creation itself.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. — Hebrews 11:6 · WEB
The first three witnesses cover a death, a life that skipped death, and a rescue through judgment — and between them stands the chapter's one rule.
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. — Hebrews 12:2 · WEB
The catalogue becomes a stadium, and the runners are told where to put their eyes.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. — James 2:17 · WEB
The famous passage opens with a man who says he has faith, and the test case is a person sent away hungry with a blessing.
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ— — 1 Peter 1:7 · WEB
The trials are given a purpose, a time limit and a condition, and the comparison to gold is less flattering than it first sounds.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. — 1 John 5:4 · WEB
The reason the commandments are not heavy is a victory already won, and the letter names faith as the thing that won it.