40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

If you grow weary when times are troubled, your strength is limited.

Let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his troubles no more.

"Here is what Hezekiah says," they told him. "This day is a day of trouble, rebuke, and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no energy to deliver them.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,

My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

He need not fear a bad report, for his heart is unshaken, since he trusts in the LORD.

If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.

David was in great danger because all the people were bitter because of their sons and daughters, and they were talking about stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Now may the Lord of peace give you his peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

Give liquor to someone who is perishing, and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.

"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the LORD's presence.

I called on the LORD in my distress; the LORD answered me openly.

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.

The LORD told him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of everyone who sighs and moans over all of the loathsome things that are happening in it."

For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,

In view of the present crisis, I think it is prudent for a man to stay as he is.

So then, those who suffer according to God's will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do what is good.

One of the young men answered: "Look, I've seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilled in playing. The man is a valiant soldier, gifted in speech, and handsome. And the LORD is with him."

Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, "Look! I'm giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I'm repaying four times as much as I owe."

Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased

Nicodemus asked him, "How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearer, because God had said, "If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt."

and appointing judges throughout the land in all of the walled cities of Judah, city by city. He issued this reminder to the judges: