Bible Verses for Doubt and Unbelief

Scripture makes room for honest doubt. "Help my unbelief" is a prayer in the Bible, not a disqualification from it.

Verse text shown in the King James Version.

1. Mark 9:24

   Help my unbelief

   And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

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2. Hebrews 11:1

   Faith defined

   Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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3. James 1:5-6

   Ask God for wisdom

   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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4. Psalm 73:23-26

   God is the strength of my heart

   Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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5. John 20:27-29

   Blessed are those who believe

   Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

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