The best Bible verses for trust (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for trust (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him."Isaiah 8:17
"I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him."Isaiah 8:17
"“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”"Isaiah 12:2
"Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast."Isaiah 20:5
"It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”"Isaiah 25:9
"therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’"Isaiah 28:16
"For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling,"Isaiah 30:15
"Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”"Isaiah 36:15
"They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, “You are our gods.”"Isaiah 42:17
"You felt secure in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”"Isaiah 47:10
"Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God."Isaiah 50:10
"From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them."Jeremiah 2:37
"Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’"Jeremiah 7:4
"therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh."Jeremiah 7:14
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 trust (ESV) are Isaiah 8:17, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 20:5. 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 trust (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 trust (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.