40 Verses for Evangelism (ESV)

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.

Rev. 4:11

Worthy are you, our Lord and God to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.

Matt. 22:37-38

And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.

Lev. 19:2

Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - everyone - to his own way; and the LORD had laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Romans 3:23

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Matt. 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sin in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

2 Cor. 5:21

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Acts 16:31

And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.

Romans 10:9

Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:13

For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Matt. 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Acts 4:12

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

2 Cor. 6:2

For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Rev. 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Eph. 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

1 John 5:12-13

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

2 Cor. 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Tim. 1:12

Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.