50+ Most Powerful Bible Verses About Success

Published May 18, 2023

We all have different definitions of success. Some may measure success by the amount in their bank accounts. While others view being happy and contented as the true gauge of success.

Regardless of your definition of success, may you always remember to align it with God’s definition of success. After all, every accomplishment and whatever prosperity you’re enjoying right now all came from Him. Nothing would have been possible without Him. He gave us more than just life. He also gave us talents, abilities, and skills to make something of ourselves and achieve our goals and desires in life.

But how do you know if your definition of success aligns with God’s?

By turning to his written word, of course. In this post, we rounded up some of the most powerful Bible verses about success. May these verses help you better understand how to align your goals and aspirations with God’s will.

Bible Verses About Success and Hardwork

1. There is profit in hard work, but mere talk leads to poverty. – Proverbs 14:23
2. Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. – Proverbs 21:5
3. Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper. – Proverbs 13:4
4. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? – Matthew 16:26
5. My child, stand by your agreement and attend to it, grow old while doing your work.Do not marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust in the LORD and wait for his light; For it is easy in the eyes of the LORD suddenly, in an instant, to make the poor rich. – Sirach 11:20-21
6. Do everything without grumbling and arguing so that you may be blameless and pure, innocent children of God surrounded by people who are crooked and corrupt. Among these people you shine like stars in the world. – Philippians 2:14-15
7. One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind. – Ecclesiastes 4:6
8. But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. – 2 Chronicles 15:7
9. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. – Proverbs 126:5-6
10. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. – Romans 12:2
11. Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. – 1 Corinthians 3:8
12. Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. – Ecclesiastes 11:6
13. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words. – Ecclesiastes 5:3
14. A hardworking farmer should get the first share of the crop. – 2 Timothy 2:6
15. Whatever you do, do it from the heart for the Lord and not for people. You know that you will receive an inheritance as a reward. You serve the Lord Christ. – Colossians 3:23-24
16. Let’s not get tired of doing good, because in time we’ll have a harvest if we don’t give up. – Galatians 6:9
17. The desires of the lazy will kill them, because their hands refuse to do anything. – Proverbs 21:25
18. I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind. – Ecclesiastes 4:4
19. Even when we were with you we were giving you this command: ‘If anyone doesn’t want to work, they shouldn’t eat.’ We hear that some of you are living an undisciplined life. They aren’t working, but they are meddling in other people’s business. By the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and encourage such people to work quietly and put their own food on the table. – 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
20. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master. – Matthew 25:20-21
21. Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men. – Proverbs 22:29
22. He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, so that their hands cannot attain success. – Job 5:12

Bible Verses About Success and Prosperity

1. The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. – Genesis 39:2
2. and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go. – 1 Kings 2:3
3. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? – Luke 16:10-11
4. But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. – Deuteronomy 8:18
5. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. – Genesis 1:28
6. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. – Matthew 7:7-8

Inspirational Bible Verses About Success and Failure

1. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6
2. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. – John 16:33
3. knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. – James 1:3
4. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for the length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. – Proverbs 3:1-4
5. I have fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7
6. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Matthew 6:19-21
7. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. – James 3:5
8. If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. – Ecclesiastes 10:10
9. It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it. – Proverbs 10:22
10. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. – James 1:4