37 Bible Verses about Overcoming Adversity

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

Give us help against [the] adversary, for the help of humankind [is] futile.

Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me.

{Resist him}, steadfast in your faith, [because you] know the same [kinds] of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.

Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall.

Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?

Because of this, take up the full armor of God, in order that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,

And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives until death.

Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men,

[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.

Brothers, even if a person is caught in some trespass, you [who are] spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of humility, looking out for yourself, lest you also be tempted.

Let not those who [are] wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me. [Nor let] those who hate me without cause wink [the] eye.

And I looked, got up, and said to the nobles, prefects, and the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

Consider [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God. Give light to my eyes lest I sleep [the sleep of] death,

So we prayed to our God and set up a guard against them day and night.

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:

you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

And Yahweh said to her, "Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples {from birth} shall be divided. And {one people shall be stronger than the other}. And [the] elder shall serve [the] younger."

When Abram heard that his {relative} was taken captive, he summoned his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen [of them], and he went in pursuit up to Dan.

And your warriors will be shattered, Teman, so that {everyone} from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!

Woe to the world because of causes for stumbling, for [it is] a necessity [that] causes for stumbling come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause for stumbling comes.

So they shall fear the name of Yahweh from [the] west, and his glory from the sunrise, for he will come like narrow stream; the wind of Yahweh drives it on.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.

Passing through the Valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The early rain covers [it with] blessings as well.

And with the third chariot [there were] white horses, and with the fourth chariot [there were] strong dappled horses.

He said to them, "Spend the night here, and I will return, and I will return word to you, just as Yahweh speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.