Here are 28 Bible verses about overcoming obstacles from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Matthew 18:7 KJV
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Jeremiah 1:19 KJV
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Job 5:5 KJV
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Acts 14:22 KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Joshua 10:42 KJV
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Romans 5:10 KJV
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
1 John 5:4 KJV
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Joel 2:7 KJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Matthew 9:2 KJV
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
1 John 4:18 KJV
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Numbers 13:30 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Corinthians 6:4 KJV
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Isaiah 51:10 KJV
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Psalms 18:29 KJV
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Ephesians 6:13 KJV
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Joshua 5:1 KJV
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
2 Corinthians 10:4 KJV
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Hebrews 12:1 KJV
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Daniel 2:40 KJV
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Matthew 7:1 KJV
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
Ephesians 6:14 KJV
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Revelation 19:11 KJV
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Romans 8:37 KJV
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Psalms 91:13 KJV
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Isaiah 57:14 KJV
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Proverbs 16:32 KJV
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
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