40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

But this know, that in the last days difficult times shall be there;

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.} God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;

If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself.

The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

But the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me and set me in a large place.

And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.

and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that it is good for a man to remain so as he is.

Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.

And one of the young men answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilled in playing, and he is a valiant man and a man of war, and skilled in speech, and of good presence, and Jehovah is with him.

But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return him fourfold.

And Jesus went round the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.

For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

These gave themselves all with one accord to continual prayer, with several women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

But when God, who set me apart even from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.

that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, That the people may not repent when they see conflict, and return to Egypt.

And he set judges in the land throughout the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.