Here are 48 Bible verses about staying positive from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
James 2:17 KJV
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Romans 12:11 KJV
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
James 2:16 KJV
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Colossians 3:2 KJV
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Psalms 103:5 KJV
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
1 Peter 3:16 KJV
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Romans 12:16 KJV
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Psalms 143:10 KJV
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Isaiah 48:22 KJV
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
1 Peter 2:15 KJV
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
1 Corinthians 7:8 KJV
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
John 15:4 KJV
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Deuteronomy 32:4 KJV
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Hebrews 13:16 KJV
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
1 Corinthians 7:40 KJV
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Proverbs 4:27 KJV
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Philippians 1:23 KJV
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 3:8 KJV
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
2 Peter 1:12 KJV
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:2 KJV
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Philippians 4:9 KJV
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Genesis 2:18 KJV
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Philippians 2:16 KJV
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Psalms 73:28 KJV
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Colossians 2:21 KJV
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Proverbs 5:19 KJV
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Proverbs 16:24 KJV
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Psalms 36:4 KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
1 Corinthians 9:21 KJV
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Titus 1:15 KJV
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Proverbs 4:14 KJV
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Romans 1:17 KJV
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Matthew 10:11 KJV
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Proverbs 2:20 KJV
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
Philippians 2:5 KJV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
1 Peter 2:12 KJV
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Ecclesiastes 7:14 KJV
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Proverbs 3:17 KJV
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 KJV
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 15:3 KJV
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Romans 12:21 KJV
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
John 10:11 KJV
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Psalms 34:14 KJV
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Philippians 1:27 KJV
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Romans 12:12 KJV
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Romans 7:19 KJV
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Philippians 1:21 KJV
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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