The concept of success in the Bible is often intertwined with obedience to God's will, faithfulness, and the pursuit of righteousness. The term "successfully" is not frequently used in the Bible, but the principles of achieving success according to God's standards are woven throughout the Scriptures.

Biblical Understanding of Success

In the biblical context, success is not primarily measured by wealth, power, or status, but by one's relationship with God and adherence to His commandments. Joshua 1:8 provides a foundational understanding of success: "This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do." Here, success is directly linked to the meditation on and obedience to God's Word.

Examples of Success in the Bible

1. Joseph: Joseph's life is a profound example of success through faithfulness and integrity. Despite facing numerous adversities, including being sold into slavery and unjustly imprisoned, Joseph remained faithful to God. Genesis 39:2-3 states, "The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did." Joseph's success was attributed to God's presence and favor in his life.

2. David: King David is another figure whose success is attributed to his heart for God. In 1 Samuel 18:14 , it is noted, "And David continued to prosper in all his ways, for the LORD was with him." David's success was not without failures, but his overall trajectory was marked by a deep commitment to God and His purposes.

3. Solomon: Solomon's request for wisdom over wealth or long life is a testament to his understanding of true success. In 1 Kings 3:13 , God responds, "Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during your lifetime you will have no equal among kings." Solomon's initial success was rooted in his desire to lead God's people wisely.

Principles for Achieving Success

1. Obedience to God: Success is often linked to obedience. Deuteronomy 28:1 promises blessings for obedience: "If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth."

2. Faith and Trust in God: Proverbs 3:5-6 emphasizes trust in God as a pathway to success: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

3. Diligence and Hard Work: Proverbs 13:4 highlights the importance of diligence: "The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied." Hard work, when aligned with God's will, is a component of biblical success.

4. Righteousness and Integrity: Psalm 1:1-3 describes the blessedness of the righteous: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked... He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does."

Conclusion

The biblical perspective on success challenges contemporary views by prioritizing spiritual over material achievements. Success, as depicted in the Bible, is a byproduct of a life lived in harmony with God's will, characterized by obedience, faith, diligence, and righteousness.2735. katorthoma -- very worthy deed, public reform
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: katorthoma Phonetic Spelling: (kat-or'-tho-mah) Short
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1223. dia -- through, on account of, because of
... 1223 (a preposition) -- properly, across (to the other side), back-and-forth to
go all the way through, "successfully across" ("thoroughly"). ...
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1721. emphutos -- innate, implanted
... 1721 (from 1722 , "in" and 5453 , "germinate, grow, spring up") -- properly, plant,
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5062. tessarakonta -- forty.
... 5062 -- , sometimes with added symbolic sense, ie "a period." That is, the full
time (of a crisis, etc.) needed to successfully pass through to know God's ...
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3833. panoplia -- full armor
... ie everything needed to wage successful warfare; (figuratively) the full resources
the Lord gives to the believer so they can successfully wage spiritual ...
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6743b. tsaleach -- to advance, prosper
... 1), prosper (16), prospered (7), prosperous (1), prospers (2), send prosperity
(1), succeed (10), succeeding (1), successful (4), successfully completed (1 ...
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Any one who Examines the Subject Will See that Jesus Attempted and ...
... Chapter XXVII. Any one who examines the subject will see that Jesus attempted
and successfully accomplished works? Any one who ...
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Argument. --When the Saints were Apprehended, St. Perpetua ...
... St. Perpetua Successfully Resisted Her Father's Pleading, Was Baptized
with the Others, Was Thrust into a Filthy Dungeon. Anxious ...
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The Return of Xerxes to Persia.
... Your troops have advanced successfully by land against all opposition. With
them you have traversed Thrace, Macedon, and Thessaly. ...
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The Fulfilled Prophecies of the Bible Bespeak the Omniscience of ...
... Jehovah bids the prophets of false faiths to successfully predict events lying in
the far distant future and their success or failure will show whether or not ...
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The Hypothesis of Imposture.
... How could he have conceived, and successfully carried through, in the face of the
strongest prejudices of his people and age, a plan of unparalleled beneficence ...
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Celsus Appears to Me to have Heard that There are Treatises in ...
... But I conjecture that Celsus has not read their books, since it appears to me that
in many passages they have so successfully hit the meaning (of the sacred ...
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Adjusting the Local Church to the Community
... of human nature and of conditions of human existence that it demands the best
intellects and the highest type of missionary spirit to carry on successfully. ...
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Christ Our Mediator.
... He must, therefore, be a man. But this temptation is to be successfully met. ...
No man had ever successfully withstood the assaults of Satan. ...
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A Consecrated Ministry
... minister who is a co-worker with Christ will have a deep sense of the sacredness
of his work and of the toil and sacrifice required to perform it successfully. ...
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Chapter iv
... about the various and inconsistent sources from which the author (J) drew his material,
but at the same time such criticism cannot successfully hide the fact ...
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Successfully (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Successfully (4 Occurrences). Titus 1:9 holding
fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so ...
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Match (4 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully;
to equal. ... 13. (vt) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. ...
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Pass (1172 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted;
as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. ...
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Support (135 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent
or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear. ...
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Citizenship (4 Occurrences)
... citizen, who, though a Jew and Christian receives, for the most part, justice and
courtesy from the Roman officials, and more than once successfully claims its ...
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Successful (16 Occurrences)

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Succession (2 Occurrences)

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Manasseh (140 Occurrences)
... 15). A systematic and persistent attempt was made, and all too successfully,
to banish the worship of Jehovah out of the land. Amid ...
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Qualified (5 Occurrences)
... the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both
to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents ...
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Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... According to Josephus and the apocryphal Book of Ezra (1 Esdras 3, 4), Zerubbabel
was a friend of Darius Hystaspis, having successfully competed before him in ...
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