23 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

who con soles us in all our afflictions, so that we are able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

But God, who comforts those who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

By your patient endurance, preserve your lives.

in hope, be joyful; in affliction, be patient; in prayer, be per severing;

so that we ourselves glory in you, among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure;

But let patience have its work perfected, that you may be perfect and faultless, wanting in nothing.

For what praise is due, if, when you are punished for your faults, you endure it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is praiseworthy in the- sight of God.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction, but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

Come to me, all you that are weary, and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my bur den is light.

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not.

Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God; believe also in me.

But we have in ourselves the sentence of death, that we may not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him.

And now, behold, I am going, bound in spirit, to Jerusalem, not knowing what shall befall me there, except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us, looking to Jesus the author and finisher of the faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such opposition of sinners against himself, lest you become weary and despondent in your minds.

To this, indeed, you have been called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his footsteps. He did no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

who delivered us from so great a death, and does still deliver us: in whom we have confidence, that he will continue to deliver us,

but the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, that through me that which is preached might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For, inasmuch as he himself has suffered in being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Yet a hair of your head shall not perish.

Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial that is about to come on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;

Take, my brethren, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering evil, and of patience.

I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

But, inasmuch as you are partakers of the sufferings of the Christ,, rejoice, that, at the revelation of his glory, you may also be exceedingly joyful. If you are reproached on account of Christ, happy are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. On their part he is reviled, but on your part he is glorified:

except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

but being judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

For, whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son that he receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons: for what son is there whose father chastens him not?

Verily, verily I say to you, you shall weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

in which you rejoice, though now for a little while, since it is needful, you are in sorrow under various temptations;

For our present light affliction works out for us an eternal fullness of glory, excelling all excellence, ls while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen: for the things seen are temporal; but the things not seen are eternal.

except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me.

For I consider the sufferings of the present time not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed for us.

Then they will deliver you up to affliction, and kill you; and you will be hated by all nations on my account.

But all these things they will do to you on my account, because they know not him that sent me.

my persecutions, my sufferings which came upon me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; you well know what persecutions I endured: and yet out of them all, the Lord delivered me. And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction, but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, that through many afflictions we mast enter the kingdom of God.

Behold, we count those happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the final dealing of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.