26 Bible Verses about Hard Times

But this know, that in the last days difficult times shall be there;

they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

But none saith, Where is +God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.

and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.

And the Lord will give you the bread of adversity, and the water of oppression; yet thy teachers shall not be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.

And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.

If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

But call to mind the earlier days in which, having been enlightened, ye endured much conflict of sufferings;

knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.