34 Bible Verses about Adversity

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.

The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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

I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.read more.
Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

No one has greater love than this -- that one lays down his life for his friends.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return to his father's house. Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.