Definition of Believe in the New Testament

This is the verb form of faith.  In that sense, it is more than just believing, but also it is trust.  The ability to believe comes from God.  In fact, real faith is the faith of God.  See Faith for more detail.   See also, unbelief.

4100 πιστευω pisteuo pist-yoo'-o
from 4102; TDNT-6:174,849; {See TDNT 634} v
AV-believe 239, commit to 4, commit to (one's) trust 1, be committed to 1, be put in trust with 1, be commit to one's trust 1, believer 1; 248
1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence
1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul
1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing

Matthew 8:13  And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matthew 9:28  And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yea, Lord.
Matthew 18:6  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew 21:22  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 21:25  The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why did ye not then believe him?
Matthew 21:32  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Matthew 24:23  Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Matthew 24:26  Wherefore if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Matthew 27:42  He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Mark 1:15  And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 5:36  As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith to the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
Mark 9:23  Jesus said to him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mark 9:24  And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Mark 9:42  And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Mark 11:23  For verily I say to you, That whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark 11:24  Therefore I say to you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:31  And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Mark 13:21  And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
Mark 15:32  Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Mark 16:13  And they went and told it to the residue: neither believed they them.
Mark 16:14  Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mark 16:16  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 16:17  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Luke 1:20  And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luke 1:45  And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke 8:12  Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Luke 8:13  They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke 8:50  But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
Luke 16:11  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Luke 20:5  And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
Luke 22:67  Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
Luke 24:25  Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
John 1:7  The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:50  Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see greater things than these.
John 2:11  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
John 2:22  When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
John 2:23  Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John 2:24  But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men,
John 3:12  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
John 3:15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 4:21  Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
John 4:39  And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
John 4:41  And many more believed because of his own word;
John 4:42  And said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
John 4:48  Then said Jesus to him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
John 4:50  Jesus saith to him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he went his way.
John 4:53  So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
John 5:24  Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life.
John 5:38  And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
John 5:44  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
John 5:46  For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
John 5:47  But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John 6:29  Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
John 6:30  They said therefore to him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
John 6:35  And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:36  But I said to you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
John 6:40  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:47  Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John 6:64  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
John 6:69  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 7:5  For neither did his brethren believe in him.
John 7:31  And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
John 7:38  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 7:39  (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John 7:48  Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John 8:24  I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John 8:30  As he spake these words, many believed on him.
John 8:31  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:45  And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
John 8:46  Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
John 9:18  But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
John 9:35  Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said to him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
John 9:36  He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
John 9:38  And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
John 10:25  Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
John 10:26  But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you.
John 10:37  If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:38  But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
John 10:42  And many believed on him there.
John 11:15  And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go to him.
John 11:25  Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 11:26  And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:27  She saith to him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
John 11:40  Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
John 11:42  And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 11:45  Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
John 11:48  If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John 12:11  Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
John 12:36  While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
John 12:37  But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
John 12:38  That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
John 12:39  Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
John 12:42  Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
John 12:44  Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 12:46  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 12:47  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John 13:19  Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John 14:1  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 14:10  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak to you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John 14:11  Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John 14:12  Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father.
John 14:29  And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
John 16:9  Of sin, because they believe not on me;
John 16:27  For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
John 16:30  Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
John 16:31  Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe ?
John 17:8  For I have given to them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John 17:20  Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
John 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 19:35  And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
John 20:8  Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
John 20:25  The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
John 20:29  Jesus saith to him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
John 20:31  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Acts 2:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Acts 4:4  Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts 4:32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Acts 5:14  And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts 8:12  But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:13  Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Acts 8:37  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 9:26  And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Acts 9:42  And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
Acts 10:43  To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Acts 11:17  Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
Acts 11:21  And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.
Acts 13:12  Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
Acts 13:39  And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts 13:41  Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you.
Acts 13:48  And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Acts 14:1  And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
Acts 14:23  And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts 15:5  But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 15:7  And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Acts 15:11  But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Acts 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts 16:34  And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Acts 17:12  Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Acts 17:34  Howbeit certain men clave to him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Acts 18:8  And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Acts 18:27  And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
Acts 19:2  He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Acts 19:4  Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Acts 19:18  And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
Acts 21:20  And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Acts 21:25  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Acts 22:19  And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Acts 24:14  But this I confess to thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Acts 26:27  King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Acts 27:25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 3:2  Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
Romans 3:22  Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Romans 4:3  For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Romans 4:5  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 4:11  And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also:
Romans 4:17  (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Romans 4:18  Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Romans 4:24  But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Romans 6:8  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans 9:33  As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:10  For with the heart man believeth to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
Romans 10:11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:14  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Romans 13:11  And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 14:2  For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans 15:13  Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 1:21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Corinthians 3:5  Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1 Corinthians 9:17  For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me.
1 Corinthians 11:18  For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
1 Corinthians 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 14:22  Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1 Corinthians 15:2  By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:11  Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
2 Corinthians 4:13  We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Galatians 2:7  But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to me, as the gospel of the circumcision was to Peter;
Galatians 2:16  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 3:6  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:22  But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Ephesians 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Philippians 1:29  For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
1 Thessalonians 1:7  So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
1 Thessalonians 2:4  But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:10  Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 Thessalonians 2:13  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
2 Thessalonians 1:10  When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed ) in that day.
2 Thessalonians 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 1:11  According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Timothy 1:16  Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
1 Timothy 3:16  And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
2 Timothy 1:12  For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Titus 1:3  But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
Titus 3:8  This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
Hebrews 4:3  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
James 2:19  Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
James 2:23  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
1 Peter 1:8  Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 Peter 1:21  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 2:6  Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
1 Peter 2:7  Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but to them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
1 John 3:23  And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1 John 4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 John 4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 5:1  Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
1 John 5:5  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:10  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1 John 5:13  These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Jude 1:5  I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Old Testament

0539 ‘aman aw-man’
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 116}
AV-believe 44, assurance 1,  faithful 20, sure 11, established 7, trust 5, verified 3, stedfast 2, continuance 2, father 2, bring up 4, nurse 2, be nursed 1, surely be 1, stand fast 1, fail 1, trusty 1; 108
1) to support, confirm, be faithful
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish
1a1a) foster-father (subst.)
1a1b) foster-mother, nurse
1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm
1b1a) to be carried by a nurse
1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting
1b1c) confirmed, established, sure
1b1d) verified, confirmed
1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in
1c1a) stand firm
1c1b) trust, believe