Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  8000 The life of the believer  »  8700 Threats to the life of faith  »  8741 failure

Scripture indicates various ways in which believers may fail God, while emphasising that God will never fail his people.

God will never fail his people

1 Chronicles 28:20 See also Joshua 1:8-9; Psalm 89:28

God's righteousness will not fail

Isaiah 51:6

God's compassion will not fail

Lamentations 3:22-23

God's word will not fail

Isaiah 55:10-11 See also Romans 9:6

Examples of failing God

Failing to abide in him

Psalm 14:3 See also Psalm 58:3; Psalm 78:57; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 15:6; John 15:6; 2 Peter 3:17

Failing to believe in him

John 20:27 See also Numbers 14:11-12; Psalm 78:21-33; Hebrews 3:12

Failing to fear him

Genesis 20:11 See also Exodus 9:30; Deuteronomy 25:18; Job 6:14; Luke 23:40

Failing to honour him

Malachi 2:2 See also Numbers 20:12; 1 Samuel 2:29-30; Daniel 5:22-23; Romans 2:23

Failing to love him

1 Corinthians 16:22 See also Joshua 23:10-13; Matthew 10:37; Revelation 2:4

Failing to obey him

2 Kings 17:14-20; Matthew 7:26

Failing to remember him

Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 32:18 See also Judges 3:7; Judges 8:33-34; 1 Samuel 12:9; Psalm 78:11; Psalm 106:21; Isaiah 17:10

Failing to seek him

2 Chronicles 12:14 See also Psalm 14:2-3; Psalm 119:155; Isaiah 9:13; Zephaniah 1:6

Failing to serve him

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 See also Job 21:14-15; Jeremiah 2:20; Malachi 3:14; Romans 1:25

Failing to trust him

Matthew 6:30 pp Luke 12:28 See also Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8; Matthew 17:17-20

Peter's failure of Jesus Christ

Matthew 26:33-35 pp Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:31-34; John 18:25-27

See also

1035  God, faithfulness
1055  God, grace & mercy
1125  God, righteousness
5484  punishment by God
5838  disrespect
5960  success
8032  trust, lack of
8359  weakness, spiritual
8451  mortification
8718  disobedience
8742  faithlessness
8764  forgetting God