38 Bible Verses about pressure
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Besides those things that are outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead:
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife?
But without your consent would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no lack of gain.
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.
In weariness and painfulness, 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 grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.
Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
Say unto them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
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Exodus 23:2You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you testify in a dispute to follow after a crowd to pervert judgment: