48 Bible Verses about Overcoming Hard Times

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

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

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.

But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you .

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it, whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;