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Bible Verses about “tough decisions”

The Bible contains 50 verses about tough decisions across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Proverbs 3:5
1028 votes

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

Proverbs 3:6
895 votes

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Galatians 6:9
345 votes

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

2 Peter 3:9
344 votes

“¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

Proverbs 16:3
299 votes

“¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

Galatians 6:7
286 votes

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

Proverbs 16:9
268 votes

“¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”

Psalms 119:105
250 votes

“¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

1 Peter 4:8
238 votes

“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”

Proverbs 16:31
204 votes

“¶ The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.”

Galatians 6:8
159 votes

“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

Proverbs 16:28
145 votes

“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”

1 John 5:19
135 votes

“[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”

2 Corinthians 4:16
133 votes

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.”

Galatians 5:25
132 votes

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

1 John 5:14
125 votes

“¶ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”

Proverbs 16:33
117 votes

“¶ The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.”

Proverbs 16:32
116 votes

“¶ [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

Proverbs 16:18
111 votes

“¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

Proverbs 16:24
102 votes

“¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

Proverbs 16:7
95 votes

“¶ When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”

1 John 5:4
92 votes

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.”

Proverbs 16:5
82 votes

“¶ Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”

John 5:30
82 votes

“â€čI can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.â€ș”

1 John 5:15
80 votes

“And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.”

Hebrews 4:15
74 votes

“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.”

Proverbs 16:4
68 votes

“¶ The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.”

1 John 5:5
65 votes

“Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”

Proverbs 16:13
63 votes

“¶ Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.”

Proverbs 16:2
62 votes

“¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”

Proverbs 16:20
61 votes

“¶ He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.”

Proverbs 16:27
61 votes

“¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.”

Proverbs 16:16
60 votes

“¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!”

1 John 5:3
59 votes

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”

Proverbs 16:19
58 votes

“¶ Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”

Proverbs 16:11
57 votes

“¶ A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.”

Proverbs 16:6
56 votes

“¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.”

Proverbs 16:1
54 votes

“¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.”

Proverbs 16:30
53 votes

“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”

1 John 5:7
53 votes

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

Proverbs 16:15
52 votes

“In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.”

Proverbs 16:12
50 votes

“¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.”

Proverbs 16:29
50 votes

“¶ A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.”

Proverbs 16:22
49 votes

“¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.”

Proverbs 16:23
49 votes

“¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.”

1 John 5:18
49 votes

“¶ We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”

Proverbs 16:25
48 votes

“¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.”

1 John 5:17
48 votes

“All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.”

Proverbs 16:8
47 votes

“¶ Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”

Proverbs 16:10
45 votes

“¶ A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.”

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