SUCCESS: according to the Bible

Success


Pro 11:10 When honest people prosper and the wicked disappear, the whole city celebrates.

Pro 11:11 When God blesses his people, their city prospers, but deceitful liars can destroy a city.

Pro 11:28 Trust in your wealth, and you will be a failure, but God's people will prosper like healthy plants.

Pro 10:16 If you live right, the reward is a good life; if you are evil, all you have is sin.

Pro 10:30 Good people will stand firm, but the wicked will lose their land.

Pro 3:1 My child, remember my teachings and instructions and obey them completely.

Pro 3:2 They will help you live a long and prosperous life.

Pro 3:18 Wisdom is a life-giving tree, the source of happiness for all who hold on to her.

Pro 3:21 My child, use common sense and sound judgment! Always keep them in mind.

Pro 3:22 They will help you to live a long and beautiful life.

Pro 3:23 You will walk safely and never stumble;

Pro 3:24 you will rest without a worry and sleep soundly.

Pro 12:7 Once the wicked are defeated, they are gone forever, but no one who obeys God will ever be thrown down.

Pro 12:11 Hard working farmers have more than enough food; daydreamers are nothing more than stupid fools.

Pro 12:21 Good people never have trouble, but troublemakers have more than enough.

Pro 12:26 You are better off to do right, than to lose your way by doing wrong.

Pro 13:12 Not getting what you want can make you feel sick, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree.

Pro 13:13 If you reject God's teaching, you will pay the price; if you obey his commands, you will be rewarded.

Pro 13:19 It's a good feeling to get what you want, but only a stupid fool hates to turn from evil.

Pro 14:23 Hard work is worthwhile, but empty talk will make you poor.

Pro 14:30 It's healthy to be content, but envy can eat you up.

Pro 16:20 If you know what you're doing, you will prosper. God blesses everyone who trusts him.

Pro 16:31 Gray hair is a glorious crown worn by those who have lived right.

Pro 18:9 Being lazy is no different from being a troublemaker.

Pro 18:14 Being cheerful helps when we are sick, but nothing helps when we give up.

Pro 18:20 Make your words good-- you will be glad you did.

Pro 18:21 Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

Pro 18:22 A man's greatest treasure is his wife-- she is a gift from the LORD.

Pro 19:8 Do yourself a favor by having good sense-- you will be glad you did.

Pro 19:16 Obey the Lord's teachings and you will live-- disobey and you will die.

Pro 19:17 Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

Pro 19:20 Pay attention to advice and accept correction, so you can live sensibly.


Success

Pro 14:35 Kings reward servants who act wisely, but they punish those who act foolishly.

Pro 16:3 Share your plans with the LORD, and you will succeed.

Pro 19:23 Showing respect to the LORD brings true life-- if you do it, you can relax without fear of danger.

Pro 19:27 If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.

Pro 21:7 You destroy yourself by being cruel and violent and refusing to live right.

Pro 21:31 Even if your army has horses ready for battle, the LORD will always win.

Pro 22:4 Respect and serve the LORD! Your reward will be wealth, a long life, and honor.

Pro 22:16 Cheat the poor to make profit or give gifts to the rich-- either way you lose.

Pro 23:20  Don't be a heavy drinker or stuff yourself with food.

Pro 23:21  It will make you feel drowsy, and you will end up poor with only rags to wear.


Success

Pro 24:10  Don't give up and be helpless in times of trouble.

Pro 24:11  Don't fail to rescue those who are doomed to die.

Pro 24:16  Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them.

Pro 24:17  Don't be happy to see your enemies trip and fall down.

Pro 24:18  The LORD will find out and be unhappy. Then he will stop being angry with them.

Pro 24:24  If you let the guilty go free, people of all nations will hate and curse you.

Pro 24:25  But if you punish the guilty, things will go well for you, and you will prosper.

Pro 25:6  Don't try to seem important in the court of a ruler.

Pro 25:7  It's better for the ruler to give you a high position than for you to be embarrassed in front of royal officials. Be sure you are right

Pro 25:8  before you sue someone, or you might lose your case and be embarrassed.


Success

Pro 24:6 Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.

Pro 25:15 Patience and gentle talk can convince a ruler and overcome any problem.

Pro 26:12 There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "I'm really smart!"

Pro 27:18 Take care of a tree, and you will eat its fruit; look after your master, and you will be praised.

Pro 27:23 You should take good care of your sheep and goats,

Pro 27:24 because wealth and honor don't last forever.

Pro 28:13 If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

Pro 28:22 Don't be selfish and eager to get rich-- you will end up worse off than you can imagine.

Pro 29:1 If you keep being stubborn after many warnings, you will suddenly discover you have gone too far.

Pro 29:3 If you love wisdom your parents will be glad, but chasing after bad women will cost you everything.

Pro 29:20  There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

Pro 31:3  Don't waste your life chasing after women! This has ruined many kings.

Pro 31:6  Beer and wine are only for the dying or for those who have lost all hope.

Pro 31:10  A truly good wife is the most precious treasure a man can find!


causes of failure, loss, ruin, destruction

Pro 28:13  Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.

2Ch 24:20  God's Spirit gave Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, strength. Zechariah stood in front of the people and said to them, "This is what God says: Why are you breaking the LORD'S commands? You won't prosper that way! The LORD has abandoned you because you have abandoned him."


hope in times of failure

Isa 49:4  But I said, "I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn't accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the LORD'S hands, and my reward is with my God."


prayer for accomplishment of success

2Th 1:11  With this in mind, we always pray that our God will make you worthy of his call. We also pray that through his power he will help you accomplish every good desire and help you do everything your faith produces.


Adam's failure and Jesus Christ's restoration of our relationship with God

Rom 5:15  There is no comparison between God's gift and Adam's failure. If humanity died as the result of one person's failure, it is certainly true that God's kindness and the gift given through the kindness of one person, Jesus Christ, have been showered on humanity.
Rom 5:16  There is also no comparison between God's gift and the one who sinned. The verdict which followed one person's failure condemned everyone. But, even after many failures, the gift brought God's approval.
Rom 5:17  It is certain that death ruled because of one person's failure. It's even more certain that those who receive God's overflowing kindness and the gift of his approval will rule in life because of one person, Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:18  Therefore, everyone was condemned through one failure, and everyone received God's life-giving approval through one verdict.
Rom 5:19  Clearly, through one person's disobedience humanity became sinful, and through one person's obedience humanity will receive God's approval.
Rom 5:20  Laws were added to increase the failure. But where sin increased, God's kindness increased even more.
Rom 5:21  As sin ruled by bringing death, God's kindness would rule by bringing us his approval. This results in our living forever because of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom 5:8  Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God's love for us.
Rom 5:9  Since Christ's blood has now given us God's approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger.
Rom 5:10  If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us.
Rom 5:11  In addition, our Lord Jesus Christ lets us continue to brag about God. After all, it is through Christ that we now have this restored relationship with God.


wisdom prepares the way for success

Ecc 10:10  If an ax is blunt and the edge isn't sharpened, then one has to use more strength. But wisdom prepares the way for success.


when righteous people prosper

Pro 11:10  When righteous people prosper, a city is glad. When wicked people die, there are songs of joy.


righteous person will never fail

Psa 112:5  All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living.
Psa 112:6  He will never fail. A righteous person will always be remembered.


hard work and prosperity

Pro 21:5  The plans of a hard-working person lead to prosperity, but everyone who is always in a hurry ends up in poverty.


prosperity and blessings of Job after his trials and sufferings

Job 42:10  After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored Job's prosperity and gave him twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:11  Then all his brothers and sisters and everyone who had previously known him came to him. They ate with him at his house, sympathized with him, and comforted him for all the evil the LORD had brought to him. Each one gave him some money and a gold ring.
Job 42:12  The LORD blessed the latter years of Job's life more than the earlier years. He had 14,000 sheep and goats, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.
Job 42:13  He also had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:14  He named the first daughter Jemimah, the second Cassia, and the third Keren Happuch.
Job 42:15  Nowhere in the whole country could be found women who were as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them and their brothers an inheritance.
Job 42:16  Job lived 140 years after this. He saw his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Job 42:17  Then at a very old age, Job died.


success of King Cyrus the great

Isa 48:14  Gather together, all of you, and listen. What idol has revealed such things? The LORD loves Cyrus. He will carry out the LORD'S plan against Babylon. He will use his strength against the Babylonians.
Isa 48:15  I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here, and he will succeed.


St. Paul's secret of how to live in poverty or prosperity

Php 4:11  I'm not saying this because I'm in any need. I've learned to be content in whatever situation I'm in.
Php 4:12  I know how to live in poverty or prosperity. No matter what the situation, I've learned the secret of how to live when I'm full or when I'm hungry, when I have too much or when I have too little.
Php 4:13  I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.


progress of Timothy

1Ti 4:14  Don't neglect the gift which you received through prophecy when the spiritual leaders placed their hands on you to ordain you.
1Ti 4:15  Practice these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.
1Ti 4:16  Focus on your life and your teaching. Continue to do what I've told you. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you.



life and prosperity through the LORD

Deu 30:15  Today I offer you life and prosperity or death and destruction.
Deu 30:16  This is what I'm commanding you today: Love the LORD your God, follow his directions, and obey his commands, laws, and rules. Then you will live, your population will increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you're about to enter and take possession of.
Deu 30:17  But your hearts might turn away, and you might not listen. You might be tempted to bow down to other gods and worship them.
Deu 30:18  If you do, I tell you today that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live for a long time in the land that you're going to take possession of when you cross the Jordan River.
Deu 30:19  I call on heaven and earth as witnesses today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live.
Deu 30:20  Love the LORD your God, obey him, and be loyal to him. This will be your way of life, and it will mean a long life for you in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.