50 Bible Verses about Struggles

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

For it is my desire to give you news of the great fight I am making for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh;

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;

Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.

Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.