Topical Index of Bible Verses for People in Recovery

Suggested Uses for These Bible Verses

• Daily personal and group devotional topics
• Topics for support group meetings
• Scripture memory (antidote for "stinking thinking").
• Group therapy sessions based on these topics.
• Discussions and written assignment topics relating these verses to personal efforts toward recovery

 

Action ("Walk what you talk")

• 1 Corinthians 4:20
• Galatians 5:16-26
• Ephesians 4:1-3
• Ephesians 5:15-18
• Ephesians 5:1-2
• Isaiah 30:21
• Romans 6:1-4

Anger/Resentment

• James 1:19-20
• Proverbs 19:11, 20:22
• Leviticus 19:18
• Psalm 37:8-11
• Proverbs 22:24
• Proverbs 15:1
• Matthew 5:5-21
• 1 Peter 3:8-18

Bitterness

• Exodus 16:1-3
• Proverbs 10:12
• James 5:9
• 1 John 2:9-11
• Ephesians 4:31-32
• Matthew 7:1-5
• Hebrews 12:14-15

Blame

• Genesis 3:9-15
• Luke 14:15-24
• Exodus 32:19-24
• Romans 1:20
• 1 Samuel 13:11-14
• Jeremiah 1:6-7
• 1 Samuel 15:16-23

Courage

• Psalm 143:5-10
• Philippians 1:27-28
• John 16:33
• Psalm 91
• Psalm 28:6-9
• Psalm 118:5-7
• Psalm 34:1-2
• Psalm 27:14
• Psalm 46:1-2
• Ephesians 6:10-17

Dependence Upon God

• 2 Chronicles 20:6-12
• John 15:5
• Psalm 127:1
• 2 Corinthians 3:4-5
• Jeremiah 10:23-24
• Psalm 139:1-5
• Deuteronomy 33:27
• Proverbs 3:5-6

Discouragement

• Hebrews 12:12-15
• Hebrews 12:3-4
• Revelation 21:3-4
• Psalm 4:1-7
• 2 Corinthians 4:15-18
• Psalm 42:4-11
• Psalm 61:1-5
• Psalm 73:26

"Easy Does It"

• Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
• Titus 2:2
• Romans 12:12
• Hebrews 10:36
• James 1:2-4
• James 5:7
• Psalm 94:19

Faith

• Matthew 6:30
• Mark 9:14-24
• Matthew 8:23-27
• Romans 5:1-2
• Mark 11:24-25
• 1 Peter 5:7
• James 1:5-8
• Romans 4:18-25
• 1 Peter 1:7-9
• Ephesians 6:13-17

Fear

• Psalm 118:5-6
• Psalm 34:4
• Romans 8:38-39
• Psalm 46:1-3
• Jeremiah 1:6-9
• Psalm 112:1-8
• Psalm 143:1-10
• Psalm 27:1-3
• Isaiah 43:1-2
• Psalm 32:7
• Psalm 118:5-9
• 1 John 4:18
• Psalm 41:1-3
• Proverbs 28:1
• Proverbs 29:25
• Isaiah 51:12-13
• Psalm 23:4
• Matthew 5:39
• Isaiah 35:4
• Romans 12:21
• Luke 12:4

Freedom

• John 8:32
• Romans 6:1-7
• Romans 6:22
• Romans 8:1-14
• Galatians 5:1
• 1 Peter 2:16
• Galatians 5:13-24
• 1 Peter 1:2
• Psalm 107:13-16
• Romans 7:21-25
• Psalm 116:16
• Colossians 1:12-14
• Acts 13:29-38

Forgiveness

• Genesis 50:14-21
• Psalm 65:3
• Psalm 103:1-12
• Acts 13:38-39
• John 1:16-17
• Matthew 6:14-15
• Colossians 3:9-13
• Philippians 3:13-14
• Mark 11:24-25
• Isaiah 43:2-26
• Luke 17:1-4
• Ephesians 1:6-9
• Psalm 32:1-5

Friendship With God

• Psalm 147:1-11
• James 4:4-10
• Proverbs 18:24
• Psalm 25:14
• John 15:13-14
• Job 16:20-22
• Exodus 33:1
• Hebrews 13:5-6

Guilt

• Genesis 3:8-10
• Psalm 51:11-15
• Romans 5:20-21
• Romans 7:15-17
• Isaiah 53:6
• Romans 3:23-24
• James 2:10
• Romans 5:8-9
• Galatians 3:21-22

Gratitude

• Colossians 1:12-14
• Psalm 106:1-2
• Luke 17:11-19
• Psalm 107:1-2
• Psalm 9:11-12
• 1 Peter 2:9-10
• Luke 15:11-32
• Colossians 3:15

Healing

• Mark 5:21-34
• Psalm 27:4-6
• Isaiah 61:1
• James 5:16
• Psalm 147:3-5
• Hebrews 2:14-15
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-12
• Isaiah 53:3-5
• Luke 13:10-13
• Hosea 5:15-6:3
• Mark 2:17
• Psalm 107:10-22

Honesty

• 1 John 1:8-10
• 1 Peter 3:10-12
• Romans 12:17
• Romans 13:12-14
• Leviticus 19:35-36
• Leviticus 19:11-13
• Proverbs 11:1
• Proverbs 20:10
• Proverbs 16:8
• Psalm 51:6
  
  

Hope

• 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
• Psalm 31:19-24
• Jeremiah 31:13-14
• Ephesians 2:12-13
• Jeremiah 29:11
• Proverbs 13:12
• Lamentations 3:20-26
• Romans 5:3-5
• Romans 15:13
• Hosea 2:15
• 1 Timothy 4:9-10
  
  

Humility

• Psalm 37:11
• Proverbs 22:4
• 1 Corinthians 1:3-16
• Mark 9:35
• Psalm 69:32-33
• Micah 6:8
• James 3:13-18
• Romans 12:1-3
• James 4:5-10
• Proverbs 29:23
• Psalm 147:10-11
• Proverbs 16:18-19
• Galatians 6:1-5
• 1 Corinthians 10:12
  
  

Joy

• Psalm 69:29-33
• Proverbs 13:12
• Psalm 28:6-7
• Psalm 33:20-22
• Isaiah 12
• Psalm 34:1-3
• Psalm 42:4-8
• Psalm 32:1
• Psalm 31:7-8
• Psalm 100:1
  
  

"Let Go & Let God"

• 2 Corinthians 1:9
• Psalm 46:1-2
• Psalm 33:18-22
• Psalm 39:1-7
• Psalm 42:9-11
• Jeremiah 17:7-8
• James 4:10
  
  

Loneliness

• Psalm 68:6
• Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
• Psalm 146
• 1 Peter 3:8
• 1 John 1:7
• Psalm 31:20-22
• Matthew 28:18-20
  
  

"Live & Let Live"

• Luke 10:38-42
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11
• Matthew 7:1-5
• Romans 14:4
• Romans 2:1
• Romans 14:10-13
• 1 Corinthians 4:5
• James 5:9
• 1 Corinthians 2:11
  
  

Love

• 1 John 4:7-10
• Romans 8:35-39
• 1 John 4:16-21
• Galatians 2:20
• Colossians 3:12-15
• Deuteronomy 10:12
• 1 Peter 4:7-10
• John 3:16
• John 15:9-14
• John 13:34-35
  
  

Newness of Life

• Romans 6:1-4
• Colossians 3:9-14
• Luke 15:11-24
• Romans 12:1-2
• Romans 8:11-14
• Ephesians 2:1-10
• 2 Peter 1:2-9
• Psalm 51:7-15
• Ezekiel 11:19-20
• Philippians 4:8-9
• 2 Corinthians 5:17
• 1 Timothy 4:7-10
  
  

Obedience

• 1 John 5:1-5
• Matthew 7:24-29
• 1 John 2:14-17
• James 2:12-13
• 1 Samuel 12:14-17
• James 2:17-20
• Acts 5:28-29
• 1 Samuel 15:22-23
• John 15:9-10
• 1 Chronicles 22:19
  
  

"One Day at a Time"

• Luke 12:25-26
• Luke 12:11-12
• Philippians 4:6
• 1 Peter 5:7
• Matthew 6:25-34
• James 4:13-16
• Psalm 110:3
• Proverbs 27:1
• Philippians 3:13-14
  
  

Open-mindedness

• Matthew 16:23
• John 9:39
• Hebrews 3:10
• Ephesians 3:20-21
• Isaiah 55:8-9
• Isaiah 30:21
• Mark 9:23
• Proverbs 18:15
• Matthew 21:28-32
  
  

Overcoming

• John 16:33
• Romans 12:21
• Romans 13:11-14
• John 8:30-32
• 2 Timothy 3:14-17
• Nahum 1:7
• Psalm 40:1-2
• Isaiah 40:28-31
• 1 John 5:1-5
  
  

Pain

• Psalm 50:14-15
• 1 Peter 5:8-11
• Romans 8:17-18
• Hebrews 11:24-25
• Isaiah 53:5-6
• 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
• 1 Peter 4:1-5
• James 5:10-11
• Mark 14:32-38
• Hebrews 2:9-10
  
  

Patience

• James 1:2-4
• Psalm 37:7
• Ecclesiastes 7:8
• Psalm 27:14
• Romans 12:12
• Hebrews 10:36
• James 5:7-11
• Psalm 116:1-2

Power

• Psalm 68:34
• 1 Chronicles 29:12-14
• Ephesians 6:10-17
• Romans 1:16-17
• Hebrews 4:12-16
• Matthew 8:23-27
• Isaiah 40:29-31
• 1 Peter 5:10-11
• Romans 8:26-39
• 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
• Ephesians 3:14-21
  
  

Prayer

• Psalm 65:1-3
• Romans 8:24-28
• 1 Chronicles 16:11
• John 16:16-24
• Matthew 7:7-11
• James 5:13-16
• Matthew 26:41
• Romans 12:9-12
• Luke 1:1-8
  
  

Promises

• 1 Kings 8:56-60
• Romans 4:21-22
• 1 John 2:24
• 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
• John 14:1-4
• Psalm 34:18-20
• Romans 8:28
• Isaiah 43:1-2
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
• Psalm 37:3
• Luke 17:6
• Mark 9:23
• Mark 11:24
• Psalm 138:6
• Psalm 66:2
• Psalm 34:18
• Jeremiah 3:22
• Deuteronomy 4:29
• Proverbs 8:17
• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  
  

Rebellion

• Daniel 9:9
• James 1:26-27
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Jeremiah 5:21-25
• Isaiah 30:1-3
• Isaiah 65:1-2
  
  

Reconciliation/Amends

• 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
• Romans 5:1-2
• Ephesians 2:14-18
• Isaiah 53:1-6
• Colossians 1:20-23
• Hebrews 2:16-18
• Matthew 5:21-24
  
  

Relapse/"Slips"

• Psalm 26:12
• 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
• 1 Peter 1:14-16
• 2 Peter 2:9
• Romans 6:1-4
• James 1:13-15
• Psalm 71:20-21
• Romans 7:15-25
• Psalm 119:105
• Psalm 55:22
• James 4:6-10
• Philippians 4:6-7
• Psalm 94:17-18
  
  

Recovery/Sobriety

• Ephesians 5:1-2
• Ephesians 4:1-7
• Deuteronomy 29:6
• Isaiah 43:12
• Mark 8:34-38
• 1 Peter 2:9-10
• Romans 8:30-32
• 1 Peter 2:10
• Hebrews 12:12-15
• Philippians 3:13-14
• Ephesians 4:17-32
• Psalm 116:1-9
• Ephesians 5:6-11
• Romans 13:12-14
• Galatians 5:16-26
• Philippians 1:6
  
  

Religion

• Deuteronomy 10:12-13
• James 1:26-27
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Hosea 6:6
• Mark 12:28-34
• Romans 13:8-10
  
  

Serenity/Peace

• Matthew 5:6-10
• Isaiah 26:3
• Psalm 5:11
• Colossians 3:15
• Jeremiah 15:16
• John 15:9-12
• 1 Peter 1:8-9
• 1 Peter 3:11
• Psalm 146:3-6
• Philippians 4:4-7
  
  

Stumbling Blocks

• Ephesians 5:3-9
• 1 Corinthians 10:3-12
• 1 John 5:18-21
• 1 Corinthians 8:9
• 1 Peter 2:7-8
• Ephesians 5:1-9
  
  

Temptation

• Hebrews 4:12-16
• Matthew 26:41
• James 1:2-8
• Hebrews 2:14-18
• 1 Corinthians 10:13
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5
• James 1:12-18
• James 4:4-10
• Proverbs 4:14-19
• Ephesians 6:10-17
• Romans 6:12-14
• 1 Peter 5:8-9
• Luke 17:1-4
  
  

Vengeance

• Proverbs 20:22
• Leviticus 19:18
• Proverbs 24:28-29
• Matthew 5:38-39
• Romans 12:14-21
• 1 Peter 3:9
  
  

Will of God

• Psalm 40:6-8
• Ephesians 6:6-7
• Psalm 143:5-11
• James 4:13-17
• Matthew 6:31-34
• 2 Peter 1:5-8
• Matthew 26:41-42
• Romans 8:28
• Proverbs 16:1
• John 6:25-29
• Romans 12:1-2
  
  

Willingness

• Isaiah 1:18-19
• Psalm 51:10-12
• 1 Chronicles 28:9
• Philippians 2:13
• 2 Corinthians 8:10-12
• Romans 12:1-2
  
  

Wisdom

• Proverbs 2:1-9
• Job 28:28
• Psalm 111:10
• James 3:17-18
• Proverbs 4:7-9
• Hosea 14:9
• Colossians 3:16-17
• Matthew 7:24-29
• Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
• 2 Timothy 3:14-17