What are the key Bible verses about trust?

Key passages include Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3, Isaiah 26:3-4, Psalm 37:3-5, Jeremiah 17:7-8.

Is there a prayer for trust?

Lord, I want to trust you. Where my trust is small, grow it. Where it has been broken by people, heal it. Let me rest in who you are, not what I can see. Amen.

Trust — Bible verses & prayer

Q: What does the Bible say about trust?

Trust is one of the themes Scripture returns to again and again. Trust grows in the gap between what we know and what we cannot see. Scripture asks us to trust a God who has shown himself trustworthy. People reach for these passages when they're looking up can i trust god, hard to trust, trust issues , or some version of "what does the Bible say about trust?" Among the most-cited passages on this theme are Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3, Isaiah 26:3-4, Psalm 37:3-5 , and others below. Proverbs 3:5-6 is the passage many readers return to first. The page also offers a written prayer that names trust plainly and asks God for what's needed in this moment. It is not a magic formula — it is a small, faithful starting point. A short reflection question sits at the bottom of the page: What is one specific place you are being asked to trust right now? Sit with it for a minute, or carry it into a jour

Trust grows in the gap between what we know and what we cannot see. Scripture asks us to trust a God who has shown himself trustworthy.

Trust is one of the themes Scripture returns to again and again. Trust grows in the gap between what we know and what we cannot see. Scripture asks us to trust a God who has shown himself trustworthy.

People reach for these passages when they're looking up can i trust god, hard to trust, trust issues, or some version of "what does the Bible say about trust?"

Among the most-cited passages on this theme are Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3, Isaiah 26:3-4, Psalm 37:3-5, and others below. Proverbs 3:5-6 is the passage many readers return to first.

The page also offers a written prayer that names trust plainly and asks God for what's needed in this moment. It is not a magic formula — it is a small, faithful starting point.

A short reflection question sits at the bottom of the page: What is one specific place you are being asked to trust right now? Sit with it for a minute, or carry it into a journal.

If this isn't quite the right doorway, try a closely related theme: Faith, Doubt, Fear.

Verses

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalms 56:3

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Isaiah 26:3-4

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Psalms 37:3-5

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Nahum 1:7

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Reflection

What is one specific place you are being asked to trust right now?

Bible verses about trust

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