This page gives you King James Version Bible verses about not giving up, grouped by the moments when perseverance feels hardest. It is written for anyone who is tired, discouraged, or wondering whether to keep pressing on with a marriage, a job, a health struggle, a prayer that has gone unanswered for years, or a habit that keeps slipping. Each passage speaks to the same truth: God does not abandon the weary, and endurance is something he grows in ordinary people over time.
Verses for the Moment You Feel Like Quitting
Some days the problem is not a big crisis but a quiet heaviness that makes stopping seem reasonable. The verses in this group speak to that exact feeling, the sense that your strength has run out and no one would blame you for setting the work down.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
(KJV)
Paul writes this to believers who were tired of doing good with no visible return. Notice the promise is tied to a harvest that comes in its season, not on your schedule. Tonight, write the phrase “in due season” on a card and place it where you brush your teeth, as a reminder that the wait has an end point God already knows.
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
(KJV)
Isaiah describes strength that is received, not manufactured, the kind that lets a person run without fainting and walk without growing weary. The image is of waiting upon the Lord, which means pausing to ask for help rather than pushing harder on your own. Before your next hard task, take one minute to pray for renewed strength before you begin.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
(KJV)
Paul admits his body is wasting away, yet he refuses to lose heart, because his inner life is being renewed day by day. The verse contrasts what is visibly fading with what is quietly growing. When you feel worn down, name one small way your inner life is being fed today, such as a psalm read aloud or a short walk with prayer.
Verses for Long Seasons of Waiting
Perseverance is hardest when the outcome you hope for seems delayed indefinitely. These passages address the long middle of a struggle, when the finish line is hidden and you must keep going on faith alone.
Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
(KJV)
The writer of Hebrews tells readers they have need of patience, and the word patience here means steady endurance under pressure. Doing God’s will and receiving the promise go together, and endurance is what carries you from one to the other. Choose one faithful action this week that you can keep repeating, even if the results remain invisible.
Romans 5:3-4
3 And not only so , but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope…
(KJV)
Paul traces a chain from suffering to patience, from patience to character, and from character to hope. He is describing a formation that happens slowly, not an instant fix. Next time a difficulty drags on, ask God what character he may be shaping through it rather than only asking when it will end.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD .
(KJV)
David repeats the instruction to wait, which tells you how hard waiting is for him too. Waiting in this psalm is paired with courage, a strengthening of the heart that comes from trusting the Lord’s timing. Write the verse on a sticky note for your desk and read it aloud before you check the outcome you are anxious about.
Verses for When Your Faith Feels Small
Sometimes the struggle is less about circumstances and more about your own confidence in God. These verses remind you that endurance rests on his faithfulness and not on the size of your faith.
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ…
(KJV)
Paul is confident that the God who started a good work in the believers at Philippi will carry it to completion. Your perseverance is not the only thing holding you together, because God is the one doing the finishing. When you doubt whether you can keep going, speak this promise back to him in prayer by name.
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
(KJV)
Written in the ruins of Jerusalem, these words come from a writer surrounded by loss, yet he finds fresh mercy every morning. The reminder is not that your pain is small but that God’s compassion renews itself with each new day. Begin tomorrow by thanking God for one new mercy before you check your phone.
Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
(KJV)
Paul calls believers to carry one another’s burdens, which means endurance is often a shared work. You do not have to hold on alone or in silence. Consider texting one trusted friend today and asking them to pray with you about the specific thing you are tempted to abandon.
How to Use These Verses
Write two or three of these verses on index cards and keep them where you will see them during the hardest part of your day, such as the kitchen counter, the car visor, or the wall beside your workspace. Reading them aloud is often more effective than reading them silently, because it slows you down enough to hear the promise. Revisit the same few verses for several weeks rather than rotating through the whole list, so they have time to settle into your memory.
Pray the verses back to God in your own words. Turn Isaiah 40:31 into a request for strength in a specific task, or turn Philippians 1:6 into thanks for the work he has already begun in you. Keep a simple journal of the moments you feel tempted to quit and the verse that met you there, so you can later see how God sustained you through each season.
A Short Prayer for not giving up
Lord, you know how tired I am, and you know the things I am tempted to set down today. I confess that my strength runs out quickly, and my hope sometimes feels thin. Thank you that you do not grow weary and that you give power to those who are faint. Renew my heart in the places I am most discouraged, and give me courage to take the next faithful step even when I cannot see the outcome. Remind me that you are finishing the work you started in me, and help me trust your timing. Amen.
