34 Bible Verses about Adversity

All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, - Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance; But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.

At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.

We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good, - unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;

Do not fear, for with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God, - I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee with my righteous right-hand.

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.

These things, have I spoken unto you, that, in me, ye may have, peace: In the world, ye have, tribulation; but be taking courage, - I, have overcome the world.

But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion like eagles, - They shall run and not grew weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

For, I, know the plans which I am planning for you Declareth Yahweh, - Plans of welfare and not of calamity, To give you a future and a hope.

Wherefore we faint not, but, even if, our outer man, is decaying, nevertheless, our inner man , is renewing day by day. For, the momentary lightness of thee tribulation, in a manner yet more and more excelling, is working out for us, an age-abiding weight of glory, - So long as we are not looking out for the visible things, but for the invisible; for, the visible things, are temporary, whereas, the invisible, are age-abiding.

Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.

God - for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.

Oh taste and see, that good is Yahweh, - How happy the man who seeketh refuge in him!

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? -

The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

Yahweh is ready to uphold all who are falling, and to raise all who are laid prostrate.

They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And, out of all their straits, hath he rescued them.

Come unto me! all ye that toil and are burdened, and, I, will give you rest:

What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?

He that overcometh, I will give, unto him, to take his seat with me in my throne, as, I also, overcame, and took my seat with my Father in his throne.

Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him. Let, no one, while tempted, be saying - From God, am I tempted, - for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one; But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,read more.
Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.

All your anxiety, casting upon him, because he careth for you.

Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you; But, in so far as ye are taking fellowship in the Christ's sufferings, rejoice! in order that, in the revealing of his glory also, ye may rejoice with exultation:

Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about - seeking to devour:

Greater love than this, hath, no one, That, his life, one should lay down in behalf of his friends.

By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul. And Saul took him, that day, - and suffered him not to return unto the house of his father. And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant, - because he loved him as his own soul.

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in: Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.

Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.