Bible Verses about “dependence”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”

“He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.”

“For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

“Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.”

“This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."”

“and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;”

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.”

“Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.”

“This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.”

“He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

“He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.”

“Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"”

“I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."”

“Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.”

“Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"”

“Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

“We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."”

“But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.”

“He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."”

“Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"”

“But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?”

“Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?”

“At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

“The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"”

“that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.”

“Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.”

“I am the bread of life.”

“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.”

“He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.”

“But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,”

“for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;”

“For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.”

“Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,”

“Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”