The best Bible verses for prosperity (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for prosperity (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure."Job 20:21
"If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness."Job 36:11
"Cry out again, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.’”"Zechariah 1:17
"You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess."Deuteronomy 5:33
"And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are this day."Deuteronomy 6:24
"And as the LORD took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the LORD will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it."Deuteronomy 28:63
"Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do."Deuteronomy 29:9
"And the LORD your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers."Deuteronomy 30:5
"For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered."Jeremiah 10:21
"Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?"Jeremiah 12:1
"When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness."Proverbs 11:10
"Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered."Proverbs 11:25
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for prosperity (ESV) are Job 20:21, Job 21:13, Job 21:16. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to prosperity (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for prosperity (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.