21 Bible Verses about Trials

For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;

My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement; for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.

And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long?

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.

establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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

I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.

But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;

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

And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.

And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,

in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.

Wherefore I beseech you not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.

And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.

Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me.

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.

And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

And the Lord will give you the bread of adversity, and the water of oppression; yet thy teachers shall not be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.