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12 Bible verses about Failure KJV
A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. Scripture's measure of a man is not that he never went down. Peter is here, after the fire and before the beach.
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Proverbs 24:16 · KJV
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Micah 7:8 · KJV
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Psalm 37:23-24 · KJV
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 · KJV
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Philippians 3:13-14 · KJV
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Lamentations 3:22-23 · KJV
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Luke 22:61-62 · KJV
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
John 21:15 · KJV
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Psalm 51:10 · KJV
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Isaiah 43:18-19 · KJV
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
1 John 1:9 · KJV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:28 · KJV
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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