Top 20 Trending Scriptures of 2025

Bible Gateway, a well-known Christian resources website with more than 20 million unique visitors per month, recently shared its top 100 most searched Bible verses of 2025. Their team said that this year’s popular Scriptures were no surprise. However, when the list is narrowed to the top 20 verses, it’s not hard to gauge the hearts of believers and seekers (those curious about the Christian faith), which offers a conclusive idea about the state of modern Christianity.

3 Undeniable Trends in the Top 20 Bible Verses for 2025

Before we dissect the spiritual state of today’s Christianity, let’s consider the top 20 verses:

Psalm 23:4 — Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:1 — The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
Psalm 23:6 — Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:5 — You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Psalm 23:3 — he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:2 — He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
Jeremiah 29:11 — “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Psalm 91:11 — For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
Psalm 91:1 — Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:4 — He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
Psalm 91:2 — I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:12 — they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:7 — A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Psalm 91:10 — no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
Psalm 91:15 — He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalm 91:14 — “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.”
Psalm 91:16 — “With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 91:9 — If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,
Psalm 91:5 — You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Psalm 91:8 — You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

Clearly, the Book of Psalms dominates the list, with only one verse found anywhere else in Scripture. In fact, all six verses of Psalm 23 claim the top six spots, while Psalm 91 dominates the latter rankings. This literary leaning suggests three key things that 2025 believers and seekers alike are searching for in God’s Word:

1. Rescue

Psalm 23 is the believer’s acceptance of the heartaches and fear that accompany those who navigate a fallen world. It’s a surrender, of sorts, to the reality that life is rarely smooth and predictable, but it’s not a gloomy admittance. It’s a declaration that, though life feels unbearable, one can be fully committed to releasing those fears to the God who has promised to walk alongside all of His children, all of their days, come what may.

It’s a believer declaring what they might not fully feel, but where they are willing to place their faith, nonetheless.

Meanwhile, this verse suggests that seekers are in a place of fleshing out verses they’ve likely heard countless times but want to now understand. It’s one thing to shrug off basic head knowledge; it’s another to finally sit with this knowledge in hopes that it settles deep into the heart. This is a seeker’s need to be rescued from flat ideas around faith, from stereotypes and past experiences that once threatened to shape their view of Scripture with a bitter lens. This is hope in the darkness.

2. True Beauty

Literarily, the Psalms are undeniably rich and beautiful. Consider Psalm 91, in which God is our metaphorical mother bird, sheltering us with His wings, and our vigorous protector, the fortress we can forever run to.

In a modern world where everything from common phrases to video bites is reduced to abbreviations and ten-second clips, perhaps most of us want communication, especially concerning the Truth, to mean more. To take more time, to require that we slow down to let it sink into our bones.

We were beautifully made (Psalm 139:14), so it is no wonder that we long for the beauty of the One who made us, who wrote a beautiful love letter that spans millennia after millennia and withstands time to heal our heavy hearts?

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV)

3. Unshakeable Hope

Why do most people seek Jesus in the first place? Because they are desperate to make sense of this wild, worn world. And who wouldn’t blame them? Even the Apostle Paul shared the burden he bore in 2 Corinthians 11:27-29 (NIV), when he said, “I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?”

So amid this unpredictable, sometimes uncontrollable life, we need hope. It’s the only thing that will convince us to forgive, love, and look forward to another day when we’d rather give it all up. God’s hope is our sole lifeline, the sustenance that reminds us that we do, indeed, have better days ahead if we are in Christ. In fact, these days will be limitless, eternal, and forever restful as we rejoice in the One who is gracious enough to grant meaning to each groan we utter.

Perhaps that’s why Jeremiah made it on the list this year, if the only representative for any book outside the Psalms. Though I’m quick to remind people of how often Jeremiah 29:11 is misconstrued (more often in ignorance), I readily admit that the believer and non-believer alike recognize mankind’s desperate need for hope in a future that surpasses anything this world has yet to offer (or ever will).

A New Year’s Prayer

As a new year approaches, perhaps it offers a fresh start, a new chance, or maybe it’s an undeniable facet of time marching on, forcing you into more therapy sessions, doctors’ visits, and reminders that a midnight party filled with sparklers doesn’t fix life’s problems. Regardless of your situation, I would like to offer a simple prayer for you, taken directly from, you guessed it, a Psalm that I recently read:

May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
May we shout for joy over your victory
and lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the Lord grant all your requests.

Now this I know:
The Lord gives victory to his anointed.
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
with the victorious power of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
Lord, give victory to the king!
Answer us when we call!
- Psalm 20:1-9 (NIV)

Peyton Garland is an author, editor, and boy mama who lives in the beautiful foothills of East Tennessee. Subscribe to her blog Uncured+Okay for more encouragement.