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Bible verses by topic

Each page answers what the Bible says about the topic, then lists the best-known verses with a one-line note on each. All in the King James Version.

By need

• Bible verses about anxiety

  Worry tends to narrow our view to the next bad thing that might happen. These verses were written to people under real pressure, and they point the reader back to prayer and to God's care for them.

• Bible verses about hope

  Biblical hope is confidence about what God will do, not wishful thinking. Several of these verses were first spoken to people in exile or in mourning, which is when hope matters most.

• Bible verses about strength

  These verses do not promise that life will be easy. They promise that God's help is present in the hard parts, and most of them were written to people facing something bigger than themselves.

• Bible verses about love

  The Bible describes love less as a feeling and more as a way of acting: patient, kind and steady. These are the passages most often read at weddings and quoted between friends.

• Bible verses about grief

  The Bible does not rush grief. These verses sit with people who are mourning and promise comfort without pretending the loss is small.

• Bible verses about peace

  Peace in Scripture is more than the absence of trouble. It is a settled trust that holds even while trouble is still going on.

• Bible verses about trust

  Trusting God usually means acting before everything makes sense. These verses come from people who learned that over a long life, not in a single moment.

• Bible verses about faith

  Faith in the Bible is trust in a person, not a feeling. These verses show what it looks like, where it comes from and how it grows, even when it starts small.

• Bible verses about healing

  Verses for anyone who is sick or praying for someone who is. Scripture speaks of God as healer of body and heart, and invites the sick to pray and be prayed for.

• Bible verses about forgiveness

  Forgiveness runs both ways in these verses: God's mercy toward us, and the call to pass that mercy on to the people who have hurt us.

• Bible verses about encouragement

  Words to share with someone who is tired or discouraged, or to read yourself on a hard day. Many were first written to people tempted to give up.

• Bible verses about fear

  “Fear not” is one of the most repeated commands in Scripture. These verses were given to people facing real danger, and they rest courage on God's presence rather than on easier circumstances.

• Bible verses about comfort

  Verses for seasons of sorrow, illness or loss. The Bible calls God the God of all comfort, and these passages show how that comfort reaches people.

• Bible verses about gratitude

  Thankfulness in Scripture is less a mood than a practice: giving thanks in every circumstance and remembering what God has done. These verses help build that habit.

• Bible verses about family

  Verses about parents, children and home: honouring each other, passing faith down, and God's mercy reaching from one generation to the next.

• Bible verses about friendship

  The Bible prizes loyal, honest friends, from David and Jonathan to Jesus calling his disciples friends. Verses for cards, notes or thinking about the friends you have.

• Bible verses about marriage

  Verses about husband and wife for the years after the wedding day: love, respect, patience and forgiveness in a shared life.

By occasion

• Bible verses for Weddings

  Verses for wedding readings, cards and vows. Most couples choose a passage about what love does, or a blessing for the life they are starting together.

• Bible verses for Funerals

  Verses often read at funerals and memorial services, or written in sympathy cards. They offer comfort to the grieving and hope beyond death.

• Bible verses for Birthdays

  Verses for birthday cards and messages: blessings, thanks for another year, and hope for the year ahead.

• Bible verses for Father's Day

  Verses for Father's Day cards and church services, about wisdom, courage and passing faith on to the next generation.

• Bible verses for Thanksgiving

  Verses for the Thanksgiving table, cards and church services: grace before the meal, the harvest, and remembering God's goodness through the year.

• Bible verses for Christmas

  Verses for Christmas cards, readings and services, from the prophecies of the Messiah to the birth in Bethlehem and what it means that God is with us.