Bible verses about dependence on God

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.

John 15:4-5Bearing fruit

Then Jesus answered and said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father do, for what the Father does, the Son likewise does.

John 5:19

I can do nothing of myself. As I hear, so I judge, and my judgment is righteous, for I do not seek my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

John 5:30

And he answered and said: It is written: “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

Matthew 4:4BreadGod's Word

Not that we are able of ourselves to think of anything good; but our ability is from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5

For it is in him that we live, move, and have our being; as indeed some of your poets have said: “We are his offspring.”

Acts 17:28

For the LORD does not build the house, nor guard the city, does the builder labor in vain, nor the watchman keep watch. It is in vain that you rise up early and sit up late and eat your bread with anxiety; for he gives sleep to his friends.

Psalm 127:1-2

But be still before God, my soul, for my hope is from him.

Psalm 62:6

I lift up my eyes to the mountains, from where comes my help. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:1-2MountainsExhaustion

Everything waits for you, that you may give them food in due season. When you give to them, they gather; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good.

Psalm 104:27-28AnimalsTable prayer

All eyes wait for you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand and satisfy everything with good.

Psalm 145:15-16ProvisionThanksgiving for the harvest

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6TrustDecisions

Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, and who turns away from the LORD with his heart. He shall be like a bush in the wilderness, and shall not see the coming comfort, but shall remain in the drought, in the wilderness, in a barren land, where no one lives. Blessed, however, is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is in the LORD. He is like a tree planted by the water, that sends out its roots by the stream. Though the heat comes, it will not wither, though the ground is parched around it, it will not fear, because its roots are in the water. And when it comes to flourish, it will not be afraid, though drought comes, because it holds no water.

Jeremiah 17:5-8

Now therefore, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and we will stay there a year and do business and make a profit,” you do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is like a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead you should say, “If the LORD wills and we live, we will do this and that.”

James 4:13-15Planning

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:11BreadTable prayer

And he said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you repent and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 18:3RepentanceChildren

And he said to me, “Let your sufficiency be in my grace, 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 on me. Therefore I am strong in weaknesses, in hardships, in distresses, in persecutions, in anxieties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

But my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19ProvisionEquipment