'Trouble' in the Bible

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household.”

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble because they were told, “You must not reduce your daily amount of bricks.”

“He has not observed misfortune in Jacob;Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;The Lord his God is with him,And the shout of a king is among them.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.

But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.

Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

The king said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?”

You said, ‘Behold, you have defeated Edom.’ And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?”

Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath.”

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,Or hide trouble from my eyes.

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquityAnd those who sow trouble harvest it.

“For affliction does not come from the dust,Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

For man is born for trouble,As sparks fly upward.

So am I allotted months of vanity,And nights of trouble are appointed me.

“For you would forget your trouble,As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,A stronghold in times of trouble;

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

Be not far from me, for trouble is near;For there is none to help.

Look upon my affliction and my trouble,And forgive all my sins.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;He will lift me up on a rock.

You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;He is their strength in time of trouble.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.How blessed is he who considers the helpless;The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble;I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

For He has delivered me from all trouble,And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the pressure of the wicked;For they bring down trouble upon meAnd in anger they bear a grudge against me.

They are not in trouble as other men,Nor are they plagued like mankind.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness;My soul refused to be comforted.

He sent upon them His burning anger,Fury and indignation and trouble,A band of destroying angels.

“You called in trouble and I rescued you;I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,For You will answer me.

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;I will be with him in trouble;I will rescue him and honor him.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;He delivered them out of their distresses.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;He saved them out of their distresses.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;He saved them out of their distresses.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,And He brought them out of their distresses.

Trouble and anguish have come upon me,Yet Your commandments are my delight.

A Song of Ascents.In my trouble I cried to the Lord,And He answered me.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.

I pour out my complaint before Him;I declare my trouble before Him.

For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me.In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

He who winks the eye causes trouble,And a babbling fool will be ruined.

The righteous is delivered from trouble,But the wicked takes his place.

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,But the righteous will escape from trouble.

No harm befalls the righteous,But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Great wealth is in the house of the righteous,But trouble is in the income of the wicked.

For their minds devise violence,And their lips talk of trouble.

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady footIs confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Let him drink and forget his povertyAnd remember his trouble no more.

He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man’s trouble is heavy upon him.

So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’For they have turned their back to Me,And not their face;But in the time of their trouble they will say,‘Arise and save us.’

“But where are your godsWhich you made for yourself?Let them arise, if they can save youIn the time of your trouble;For according to the number of your citiesAre your gods, O Judah.

Why did I ever come forth from the wombTo look on trouble and sorrow,So that my days have been spent in shame?

“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

“But do not resort to BethelAnd do not come to Gilgal,Nor cross over to Beersheba;For Gilgal will certainly go into captivityAnd Bethel will come to trouble.

The Lord is good,A stronghold in the day of trouble,And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

A day of wrath is that day,A day of trouble and distress,A day of destruction and desolation,A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness,

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

And if this should come to the governor’s ears, we will win him over and keep you out of trouble.”

While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”

Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof;

While He was still speaking, someone *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher anymore.”

Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;