Top 23 Bible Verses About Perfection

Update on March 12, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

Although we strive to be like Jesus, we all fall short at time. We can’t expect to be perfect or for others to be perfect. We have a forgiving God and we need to be forgiving when others fail us as well. Here are our top 23 Bible verses about perfection!

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

- 1 John 3:6

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

- Proverbs 22:15

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

- Philippians 3:13-14

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

- Genesis 20:6

The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

- Psalm 145:14

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

- Proverbs 11:2

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.

- Galatians 6:6

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

- 1 John 5:18

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

- Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

- Isaiah 40:29-31

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Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

- John 14:1-2

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

- Romans 5:3-5

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

- Proverbs 24:16

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

- Lamentations 3:22-23

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

- Psalm 55:22

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

- Psalm 73:26

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.

- Psalm 37:23-24

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

- Matthew 11:28-30

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

- 1 John 1:9

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