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Want to know what the Bible says about Failure? Here are 112 Bible verses about Failure from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Luke 13:3 NIV
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
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1 Peter 5:7 NIV
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
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Acts 17:10-11 NIV
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
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Isaiah 41:9 NIV
I took you from the ends of the earth,
    from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;
    I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
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John 8:24 NIV
I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”
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Luke 14:30 NIV
saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
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Proverbs 20:30 NIV
Blows and wounds scrub away evil,
    and beatings purge the inmost being.
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Hebrews 4:6 NIV
Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,
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1 Corinthians 3:15 NIV
If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
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Ephesians 6:4 NIV
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Proverbs 24:10 NIV
If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!
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Hebrews 11:6 NIV
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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Psalm 23:4 NIV
Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
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2 Chronicles 26:5 NIV
He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
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Romans 8:29 NIV
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
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Matthew 17:16 NIV
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
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Joshua 21:45 NIV
Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
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1 Corinthians 10:12 NIV
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
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Psalm 27:1 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?
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