The best Bible verses for success (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for success (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed — and though you get praise when you do well for yourself —"Psalms 49:18
"For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed — and though you get praise when you do well for yourself —"Psalms 49:18
"If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he."Ecclesiastes 6:3
"And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it."Jeremiah 33:9
"“Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day."Jeremiah 39:16
"Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”"Daniel 4:27
"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
"And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”"Genesis 1:22
"And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."Genesis 9:1
"And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”"Malachi 3:15
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 success (ESV) are Psalms 49:18, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Jeremiah 33:9. 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 success (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 success (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.