20 Bible Verses For Overcoming Doubt

Sometimes we’re prone to doubt where we feel something is lacking—resources, happiness, or control over a situation. But consider that in the garden of Eden, where our first parents had everything they could want and more, the enemy prompted them to sin by inserting doubt into their perfect world. He couldn’t tempt them through the front door by promising them a better life, more stuff, or greater dominion—that would’ve been impossible. Instead, he snuck through the back door, tempting them to doubt what they knew was true about God.

Doubt is an inner-wrestling between faith and unbelief. It comes in many forms, but perhaps we know it best by the “What if” questions it raises in our minds. What if God has forgotten? What if the suffering doesn’t stop? What if I don’t have what I need when I need it? Instead of clinging to what we know is true, we fill in the gaps with the age-old sin of doubt. In the case of Adam and Eve, the temptation was to doubt what God had said and his character. When Satan asked “Did God actually say…?” he was implying, “What if God is a liar and he’s withholding something good from you?”

We live in a fallen world filled with doubt, and as Christians, we might wrestle with things we don’t know, feeling plagued by “what ifs.” Perhaps a level of doubting is helpful—it keeps us on the lookout for danger. But the kind of doubt that targets our faith and wants us to believe lies should be met with the full resistance of God’s Word.

We can overcome doubt by challenging this type of disbelief with truth. Our faith strengthens, and we comprehend God’s character as we engage with his Word. Think about printing these 20 verses and memorizing them to help you the next time you face doubt.

20 Bible Verses For Overcoming Doubt

Mark 11:23 (ESV)
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
Mark 9:24 (ESV)
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Isaiah 41:10 (ESV)
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
John 20:27 (ESV)
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Romans 10:17 (ESV)
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
James 1:6-8 (ESV)
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
John 14:1 (ESV)
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Philippians 4:6 (ESV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
1 John 4:18 (ESV)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Matthew 21:22 (ESV)
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Romans 4:20 (ESV)
No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
John 14:27 (ESV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Psalm 23:4 (ESV)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Genesis 18:14 (ESV)
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Ask Better What ifs

‘What if’ questions aren’t bad. Sometimes they help us arrive at the correct conclusion as we logically work through our fears. So what if we turned those back door attacks on their head, and fought them head on with the Word of God? When that insidious liar hisses in our ears, tempting us to believe what’s not true about God, we can test what he says against the Word of God. We can challenge ourselves with better “what if ”questions. “What if God is trying to show me something of his character through this trial? What does God’s Word say about this? What if God is working this together for my good (Rom 8:28)?

What if your doubts, no matter how overwhelming they may be, are no match for God? You can overcome doubt by taking your thoughts to him and testing them with his Word. He is worthy of your faith and trust.

Fighting with you,