45 Bible Verses about Getting Through Hard Times

When times are good, be joyful; when times are bad, consider this: God made the one as well as the other, so people won't seek anything outside of his best.

You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?

And although the LORD gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers won't hide themselves anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers.

If you grow weary when times are troubled, your strength is limited.

We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.

who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.

endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

But if you do get married, you have not sinned. And if a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will experience trouble in this life, and I want to spare you from that.

He never asks, "Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

But I will sing of your power and in the morning I will shout for joy about your gracious love. For you have been a fortress for me; and a refuge when I am distressed.

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy?

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.

"Jeremiah, don't pray for this people and don't cry or pray for them. I won't listen when they cry out to me because of their disaster.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.

You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger.

For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil; He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent; He will place me on a high rock.

You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,

The LORD is good a refuge in troubled times. He knows those who are confiding in him.

I called on the LORD in my distress; the LORD answered me openly.

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

You'll forget your suffering; you'll remember it like water that has evaporated.

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."

Let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his troubles no more.

He will be a sure foundation for your times, abundance and salvation, wisdom and knowledge the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure."

therefore the prudent person remains silent at such a time, for the time is evil.

Find joy in living with your wife whom you love every day of your pointless life that God gave you on earth, because this is your life assignment and your work to do on earth.

The LORD said, "Have I not set you free for a good purpose? Have I not intervened for you with your enemies in times of trouble and times of distress?

The righteous house is itself a great treasure, but within the revenue of the wicked calamity is at work.

Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

"Here is what Hezekiah says," they told him. "This day is a day of trouble, rebuke, and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no energy to deliver them.

But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.

In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

Oh how terrible! That time will be worse than any like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it.