40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

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

If thou art slack in the day of tribulation, thy strength shall be reduced.

They drink and forget their need and remember their misery no more.

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of blasphemy, for the sons are come to the breaking of the water, and there is no strength in her who is to bring them forth.

For this shall every one that is merciful pray unto thee in the time when thou may be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are unsure of our lives, but not in despair;

And my people shall dwell in a habitation of peace and in secure dwellings and in the refreshing of rest.

Then there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

If anyone desires to do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it is of God or whether I speak of myself.

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

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was bitter, each one for his sons and for his daughters; but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by every means. The Lord be with you all.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

Give beer unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto those that have heavy hearts.

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 the LORD.

From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place.

And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.

and the LORD 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 out because of all the abominations that are done in the midst of her.

For it is impossible that those who once received the light and tasted of that heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit

I hold, therefore, this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be thus:

Therefore, let those that are afflicted according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls unto him as unto a faithful Creator, doing good.

Then one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem, that is cunning in playing and a mighty valiant man and a man of war and prudent in speech and handsome, and the LORD is with him.

Then Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every bodily weakness among the people.

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou may be delivered from him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

And he came unto the disciples and found them asleep and said unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born?

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

Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.

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

And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God did not lead them through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt;

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,