62 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Rejoice ye heavens, and sing praises thou earth: Talk of joy ye hills, for God will comfort his people, and have mercy upon his, that be in trouble.

Then shall the maid rejoice in the dance, yea both young and old folks. For I will turn their sorrow into gladness, and will comfort them and make them joyful, even from their hearts.

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

which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth the abject, comforted us at the coming of Titus.

With your patience, possess your souls.

Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation, continue in prayer.

so that we ourselves rejoice of you in the congregations of God, over your patience and faith in all your persecutions, and tribulations that ye suffer:

and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.

For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye take it patiently? But and if when ye do well, ye suffer wrong and take it patiently, then is there thanks with God.

Thou art righteous in all that thou hast brought upon us: for thou hast done right.

But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

Thou helpest him that doth right with cheerfulness, and them that think upon thy ways. But lo, thou art angry: for we offend, and have been ever in sin, and there is not one whole. We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind. There is no man that calleth upon thy name, that standeth up to take hold by thee. Therefore hidest thou thy face from us and consumest us, because of our sins.

Wherefore then murmureth the living man, let him murmur at his own sin.

I will bear the punishment of the LORD - For why? I have offended him - till he sit in judgment upon my cause, and see that I have right. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall see his righteousness.

These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness.

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you. Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

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

And he said unto his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled: believe in God, and believe in me.

But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.

Thou tellest my flittings, thou puttest my tears in thy bottle, and numberest them. Are not these things noted in thy book? Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; whereby I know that thou art my God. In God's word will I rejoice, in the LORD's word will I comfort me.

They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into it themselves. Selah.

O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me! And yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side. Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing on the lute; unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou holy one of Israel. read more.
My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

And Samuel told him every whit and hid it not from him. And he answered, "It is the LORD, let him do what seemeth him best."

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Welcome be the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken: so that peace and truth be kept in my days."

and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."

I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.

Lo, though he slay me, yet will I put my trust in him. But if I shew and reprove mine own ways in his sight,

O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me! And yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.

Also we received an answer of death in ourselves, and that was done because we should not put our trust in ourselves, but in God, which raiseth the dead to life again -

"Behold, happy is the man whom God punisheth: therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him:

And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison, but the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison; which committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he. read more.
And the keeper of the prison looked unto nothing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him, and because that whatsoever he did, the LORD made it come luckily to pass.

But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant, whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart, until the time that his word came, and until the word of the LORD had tried him.

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, and know not what shall come on me there, but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me. But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, and said, "What do ye weeping, and breaking mine heart? I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God. Consider therefore how that he endured such speaking against him of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your minds.

For hereunto verily were ye called, for Christ also suffered for us: leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps, which did no sin, neither was there guile found in his mouth: which when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously,

O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Thou hast been my succor; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God my Saviour.

and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver - on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us,

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD hath given thee thy desire. And why? Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD, in the land of the living.

For out of the north there shall come a people against her, which shall make her land so waste that nobody shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast; for they shall flee and depart from thence. In those days, and at that time, sayeth the LORD, the children of Israel shall come; they and the children of Judah, weeping and making haste, and shall seek the LORD their God.

notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For in that he himself suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

As for me, I will call unto God, and the LORD shall save me. In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice.

In their troubles he forsook them not, but the angel that went forth from his presence delivered them. Of very love and kindness that he had unto them, he redeemed them: He hath born them, and carried them up ever since the world began.

Yet there shall not one hair of your heads perish.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

Great are the troubles of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of all.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child, that Uriah's wife bare David, and it sickened. And David besought God for the boy and fasted and went and lay all night upon the earth. And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him up from the earth. But he would not, neither yet eat meat with them. read more.
And it happened the seventh day that the child died. But the servants of David durst not tell him that the child was dead. For they said, "See, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice. How much more then will he vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead?" But David saw his servants whispering and thereby perceived that the child was dead, and said unto his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "Yea." Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel, and went into the house of the LORD and prayed; and after came to his own house and bade that they should set meat before him, and he did eat. Then said his servants unto him, "What is this that thou hast done? Thou did fast and weep for thy child while it was alive, and as soon as it was dead thou didst rise up and didst eat meat." And he answered, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept. For I this thought, 'Who can tell whether God will have mercy on me that the child may live?' But now, seeing it is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him again any more? I shall go to him: but he shall not come again to me."

Because thou hast kept the words of my patience, therefore I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which will come upon all the world, to tempt them that dwell upon the earth.

I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, to pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks and goats. Selah.

and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

When I heard these words, I sat me down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone. And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I will sing and speak praises unto the LORD.

"For so much as I have begun to talk of God, I will not hinder thee; If I have gone amiss, inform me: if I have done wrong, I will leave off.

He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is broken.

Take, my brethren, the prophets: for an example of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which spake in the name of the Lord.

"I will not leave you comfortless, but will come to you.

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

They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness. That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad. If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified.

but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me. But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Understand, therefore, in thine heart, that as a man nurtureth his son, even so the LORD thy God nurtureth thee.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

But when we are judged of the Lord we are chastened, because we should not be damned with the world.

For whom the Lord loveth, him he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth." If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

He will not alwayS be chiding, neither keepeth he his anger forever.

A little while have I forsaken thee, but with great mercifulness shall I take thee up unto me. When I was angry, I hid my face from thee for a little season, but through everlasting goodness shall I pardon thee, sayeth the LORD thine avenger.

Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye shall weep and lament, and the world shall rejoice. Ye shall sorrow: but your sorrow shall be turned to joy.

in the which time ye shall rejoice, though now for a season - if need require - ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations,

For our exceeding tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepareth an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us,

but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me.

For I suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shall be showed upon us.

Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they have not known him that sent me.

persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently; And from them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecutions.

These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

"Behold, happy is the man whom God punisheth: therefore, despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful, and merciful.