50 Bible Verses about Staying Strong During Hard Times

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

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

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

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

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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

Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with open spaces and a moat, but in times of distress.

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

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

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

It will turn out as a testimony for you.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ?

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days. For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up. I have overcome the world."

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

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

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites. You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

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

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Pray without ceasing.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.