38 Bible Verses about pressure

Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying,

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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 hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,'so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.