50 Bible Verses about Staying Strong During Hard Times

If thou be overseen and negligent in time of need, then is thy strength but small.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

But and if thou take a wife, thou sinnest not. Likewise if a virgin marry, she sinneth not. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in their flesh: but I saver you.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:

Use well the time of prosperity and remember the time of misfortune: For God maketh one by the other, so that a man can find nothing else.

Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

When I call upon thee, thou hearest me, and endowest my soul with much strength.

and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication - and that in the spirit - and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

We which are strong ought to bear the frailness of them which are weak, and not to stand in our own conceits.

blinded in their understanding, being strangers from the life which is in God, through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Understand this then, and mark it well: That from the time it shall be concluded to go and repair Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the anointed Prince: there shall be seven weeks.Then shall the streets and walls be builded again sixty two weeks, but with hard troublous time.

He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

Therefore the wise must now be fain to hold his tongue, so wicked a time is it.

and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.

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

This understand, that in the last days shall come perilous times:

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.

Watch and pray, that ye fall not into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace,

Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.

Remember thy maker in thy youth, before the days of adversity come, and or the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them";

And this shall chance you for a testimonial.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shall be.

holding fast the word of life, unto my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither have laboured in vain.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

that thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.

and they said unto him, "Thus sayeth Hezekiah, 'This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of wrath: like as when a child cometh to the birth, but the woman hath no power to bring it forth.

patience bringeth experience, experience bringeth hope,

for the LORD God helpeth me. Therefore shall I not be confounded. I have hardened my face like a flint stone, for I am sure, that I shall not come to confusion.

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the violence of the governor will:

And he was in agony, and prayed somewhat longer: And his sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

Therefore have I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in need, in persecutions, in anguish, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it - which in Christ is put away:

But woe be to them that be with child, and to them that give suck in those days, for there shall be great trouble in the land: and wrath over all this people.

These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one the other.

and let us keep the profession of our hope, without wavering - for he is faithful that promised -

and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.

And in the morning, ye say, 'Today shall be foul weather,' and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword?

Behold, I have purged thee, and not for money. I have chosen thee in the fire of poverty;

Pray continually.

Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.

quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father: