13 Bible Verses about Misery

For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.

When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],

And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment:

For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, and they will attack you in the land in which you live.

After this he fell in love with a [Philistine] woman [living] in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, and they will attack you in the land in which you live.

After this he fell in love with a [Philistine] woman [living] in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days [when it will do you no good].

For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them;
My sin is always before me.

When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],

And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment:

Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their sins, were afflicted.

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are making war against me, and God has left me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you to make known to me what I should do.”

In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.