250 Most Popular Short Bible Verses

Life can be hectic, but God’s Word offers clarity and comfort in just a few words. This collection of 250 short Bible verses, all under 25 words and sourced from the New International Version (NIV), brings you the most cherished scriptures for inspiration, encouragement, and guidance. 

Ideal for memorizing, sharing with friends, or reflecting on during busy days, these verses capture profound truths about faith, love, hope, and God’s unwavering promises. Whether you’re facing challenges or celebrating joys, these concise yet powerful verses will strengthen your connection to God and light your path.

Foundational Verses 🏛️

• John 11:35: “Jesus wept.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:16: “Rejoice always.”
• Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
• Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
• Philippians 4:13: “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
• Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart.”
• Matthew 5:14: “You are the light of the world.”
• Romans 12:12: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
• Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.”
• Psalm 23:1: “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
• John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son.”
• Romans 6:23: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.”
• Ephesians 2:8: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.”
• 1 John 4:8: “God is love.”
• Acts 16:31: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.”
• Genesis 1:27: “So God created mankind in his own image.”
• Deuteronomy 6:5: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
• Matthew 22:37: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”
• Exodus 20:12: “Honor your father and your mother.”
• Micah 6:8: “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
• Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
• 2 Timothy 3:16: “All Scripture is God-breathed.”
• Hebrews 4:12: “The word of God is alive and active.”
• Revelation 22:13: “I am the Alpha and the Omega.”
• Colossians 1:17: “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

Strength and Encouragement 💪

• Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
• Isaiah 41:10: “So do not fear, for I am with you.”
• Luke 6:31: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
• Philippians 4:4: “Rejoice in the Lord always.”
• John 8:32: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• Psalm 56:3: “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
• Matthew 6:33: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.”
• Matthew 22:39: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
• 1 John 4:19: “We love because he first loved us.”
• Colossians 3:23: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.”
• Joshua 1:9: “Be strong and courageous.”
• 2 Timothy 1:7: “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid.”
• Isaiah 40:31: “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
• Deuteronomy 31:6: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid.”
• 1 Corinthians 16:13: “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith.”
• Psalm 27:14: “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.”
• Ephesians 6:10: “Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”
• 1 Peter 5:10: “And the God of all grace… will himself restore you.”
• Habakkuk 3:19: “The Sovereign Lord is my strength.”
• Nehemiah 8:10: “The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
• Psalm 18:32: “It is God who arms me with strength.”
• Isaiah 35:4: “Say to those with fearful hearts, ‘Be strong, do not fear.'”
• 2 Corinthians 12:9: “My grace is sufficient for you.”
• Psalm 28:7: “The Lord is my strength and my shield.”
• Exodus 15:2: “The Lord is my strength and my defense.”

God’s Faithfulness 🤝

• Psalm 37:4: “Take delight in the Lord.”
• Hebrews 13:8: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
• Romans 8:31: “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
• 1 Corinthians 16:14: “Do everything in love.”
• Matthew 7:7: “Ask and it will be given to you.”
• Psalm 118:24: “The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today.”
• Galatians 5:22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.”
• 1 Peter 5:7: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
• Proverbs 17:22: “A cheerful heart is good medicine.”
• Psalm 34:8: “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
• Lamentations 3:22: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed.”
• Numbers 23:19: “God is not human, that he should lie.”
• Malachi 3:6: “I the Lord do not change.”
• Psalm 36:5: “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens.”
• 1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just.”
• Deuteronomy 7:9: “He is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love.”
• Psalm 89:1: “I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord.”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3: “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you.”
• Psalm 33:4: “For the word of the Lord is right and true.”
• Romans 3:4: “Let God be true, and every human being a liar.”
• Psalm 145:13: “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:9: “God is faithful, who has called you.”
• Psalm 100:5: “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever.”
• Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord your God is with you.”
• 2 Timothy 2:13: “If we are faithless, he remains faithful.”

Guidance and Wisdom 🧭

• John 14:6: “I am the way and the truth and the life.”
• Proverbs 16:9: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”
• 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young.”
• Psalm 150:6: “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”
• John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:7: “For we live by faith, not by sight.”
• Matthew 28:20: “And surely I am with you always.”
• Proverbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
• James 1:5: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God.”
• Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to me and I will answer you.”
• Proverbs 19:21: “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
• Psalm 32:8: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.”
• Isaiah 30:21: “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice.”
• Proverbs 2:6: “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
• Ecclesiastes 11:5: “As you do not know the path of the wind.”
• Psalm 25:4: “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.”
• James 3:17: “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure.”
• Proverbs 4:7: “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.”
• Colossians 3:16: “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly.”
• Psalm 119:11: “I have hidden your word in my heart.”
• 1 Kings 3:9: “So give your servant a discerning heart.”
• Proverbs 11:14: “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.”
• Isaiah 55:8: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts.”
• Ephesians 5:15: “Be very careful, then, how you live.”
• Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp for my feet.” (Repeated for emphasis in wisdom.)

Assurance and Hope 🌅

• Ecclesiastes 3:1: “There is a time for everything.”
• Matthew 4:4: “Man shall not live on bread alone.”
• Psalm 9:1: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart.”
• Colossians 3:2: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
• Revelation 22:21: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people.”
• Psalm 19:1: “The heavens declare the glory of God.”
• Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened.”
• Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you.”
• Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things God works for the good.”
• Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?”
• 1 Peter 1:3: “In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope.”
• Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:16: “Therefore we do not lose heart.”
• Romans 15:13: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace.”
• Titus 2:13: “While we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory.”
• Psalm 71:5: “For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord.”
• Lamentations 3:25: “The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him.”
• Romans 5:5: “And hope does not put us to shame.”
• Psalm 130:5: “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits.”
• Isaiah 40:31: “They will soar on wings like eagles.” (Repeated for hope.)
• Proverbs 23:18: “There is surely a future hope for you.”
• Psalm 42:5: “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Put your hope in God.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16: “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven.”
• Ephesians 1:18: “That the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.”
• Romans 12:12: “Be joyful in hope.” (Repeated for assurance.)

Peace and Rest 🕊️

• Romans 5:8: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this.”
• 1 John 4:16: “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.”
• James 4:8: “Come near to God and he will come near to you.”
• Psalm 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
• Matthew 19:26: “With God all things are possible.”
• John 15:13: “Greater love has no one than this.”
• Proverbs 18:10: “The name of the Lord is a fortified tower.”
• John 3:30: “He must become greater; I must become less.”
• Isaiah 26:3: “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast.”
• Psalm 4:8: “In peace I will lie down and sleep.”
• John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.”
• Philippians 4:7: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding.”
• Matthew 5:9: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
• Psalm 29:11: “The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”
• Romans 14:19: “Make every effort to do what leads to peace.”
• Isaiah 32:17: “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace.”
• Colossians 3:15: “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.”
• 1 Peter 3:11: “He must seek peace and pursue it.”
• Psalm 85:8: “I will listen to what God the Lord says.”
• John 16:33: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart!”
• Matthew 6:34: “Do not worry about tomorrow.”
• Exodus 33:14: “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
• Hebrews 4:9: “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.”
• Psalm 62:5: “Yes, my soul, find rest in God.”
• Jeremiah 6:16: “Ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest.”

Trust in the Lord 🙏

• Psalm 62:1: “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.”
• Proverbs 4:23: “Above all else, guard your heart.”
• John 6:35: “Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life.'”
• Psalm 121:2: “My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
• Psalm 55:22: “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you.”
• Romans 10:9: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord.'”
• Psalm 20:7: “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
• Isaiah 12:2: “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.”
• Psalm 9:10: “Those who know your name trust in you.”
• Nahum 1:7: “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.”
• Psalm 40:4: “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.”
• Jeremiah 17:7: “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.”
• Psalm 125:1: “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.”
• Proverbs 28:25: “The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.”
• Isaiah 26:4: “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.”
• Psalm 56:4: “In God I trust and am not afraid.”
• 1 Chronicles 5:20: “They cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer.”
• Proverbs 29:25: “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.”
• Psalm 112:7: “They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”
• Isaiah 50:10: “Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord.”
• Psalm 22:4: “In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.”
• Job 13:15: “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.”
• Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” (Combined for flow.)
• 2 Samuel 22:31: “As for God, his way is perfect.”
• Psalm 91:2: “I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress.'”

Living in Faith ✝️

• Psalm 150:1: “Praise the Lord.”
• Philippians 1:6: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”
• John 10:27: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
• Psalm 133:1: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
• Matthew 10:30: “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”
• Proverbs 22:6: “Start children off on the way they should go.”
• Galatians 6:9: “Let us not become weary in doing good.”
• Psalm 31:24: “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.”
• Matthew 6:21: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
• Psalm 63:1: “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you.”
• Hebrews 4:16: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence.”
• 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:31: “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
• Psalm 84:11: “For the Lord God is a sun and shield.”
• James 1:17: “Every good and perfect gift is from above.”
• John 16:33: “But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (Repeated for faith.)
• Psalm 19:14: “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight.”
• Ephesians 3:20: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.”
• Philippians 2:3: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.”
• Matthew 5:16: “Let your light shine before others.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:7: “For God loves a cheerful giver.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray continually.”
• Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other.”
• Revelation 21:4: “He will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
• 1 John 1:7: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light.”
• Mark 11:24: “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it.”
• Romans 1:17: “The righteous will live by faith.”
• James 2:17: “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
• Hebrews 11:6: “And without faith it is impossible to please God.”
• Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:17: “The old has gone, the new is here!”
• Romans 8:37: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors.”
• 1 John 5:4: “For everyone born of God overcomes the world.”
• Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.”
• Matthew 17:20: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed.”
• Luke 1:37: “For no word from God will ever fail.”
• Proverbs 16:3: “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.”
• Jude 1:20: “But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith.”
• Psalm 86:11: “Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness.”
• 2 Timothy 4:7: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.”
• Philippians 3:14: “I press on toward the goal to win the prize.”
• Hebrews 12:1: “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.”
• 1 Peter 2:9: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood.”
• Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.”
• Colossians 1:10: “So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord.”
• Romans 12:2: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.”
• Hebrews 10:24: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”
• Galatians 5:13: “Serve one another humbly in love.”

Additional Verses for Deeper Reflection

• 1 Corinthians 13:4: “Love is patient, love is kind.”
• Psalm 30:5: “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”
• James 1:2: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials.”
• Romans 15:4: “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us.”
• Proverbs 15:1: “A gentle answer turns away wrath.”
• Matthew 7:12: “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.”
• 1 Peter 4:8: “Above all, love each other deeply.”
• Psalm 16:11: “You make known to me the path of life.”
• Isaiah 41:13: “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:18: “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.”
• Psalm 34:18: “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”
• John 15:5: “I am the vine; you are the branches.”
• Galatians 5:1: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.”
• Ephesians 4:29: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths.”
• Psalm 139:14: “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
• Romans 8:38: “For I am convinced that neither death nor life.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “Give thanks in all circumstances.”
• Proverbs 18:21: “The tongue has the power of life and death.”
• Matthew 28:19: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.”
• 2 Timothy 1:7: “But gives us power, love and self-discipline.” (Repeated for emphasis.)
• Psalm 119:18: “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
• 1 John 3:16: “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.”
• Hebrews 13:5: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
• Philippians 4:19: “And my God will meet all your needs.”
• Revelation 3:20: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.”

Conclusion

These 250 short Bible verses are a portable treasury of divine wisdom, offering comfort in chaos, strength in weakness, and joy in every season. Whether you’re navigating uncertainty or celebrating victories, let them anchor your heart to God’s eternal truths. 

For deeper study, consider apps like YouVersion or journals to meditate on one verse daily. May they draw you closer to the One who inspires them all.