62 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.

Blessed are they that mourn! For they shall be comforted.

He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

But He who comforts the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus.

By your patience you will gain your souls.

rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,

so much so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure.

But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.

For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.

But You are just in all that is brought upon us, for You have done right, but we have done wickedly.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned. In them is eternity, and we will be saved. But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have melted us away because of our iniquities.

What? Should mankind complain, a living man, because of his sins?

I will bear the fury of Jehovah, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.

to preach the acceptable year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke on you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep.

Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me.

But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

You number my wandering; O put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your Book? When I cry, then my enemies will be turned back. This I know, for God is with me. In God I will praise His Word; in Jehovah will I praise His Word.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.

who has shown me great and evil distresses; You will turn me; You will make me live. You will turn me from the depths of the earth, You will bring me up. You will increase my greatness and surround and comfort me on every side. I will also praise You with a harp. O my God, I will sing Your truth; to You I will sing with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. read more.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which You have redeemed.

And Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah; let Him do what seems good to Him.

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the Word of Jehovah which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good if peace and truth are in my days?

And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

who has shown me great and evil distresses; You will turn me; You will make me live. You will turn me from the depths of the earth, You will bring me up.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah; nor be weary with His correction;

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him;

And Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison. But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison gave all the prisoners in the prison into Joseph's hand. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. read more.
The keeper of the prison did not look to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.

He sent a man before them, Joseph, being sold for a servant; whose feet they hurt with chains; he was laid in iron, until the time that his word came, the Word of Jehovah refined him.

And now, behold, I am going bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and faint in your minds.

For you were not called to this? For Christ also suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps, He who did no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth, who when He was reviled did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who judges righteously.

Hide not Your face from me. Turn not Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us,

Return to your rest, O my soul; for Jehovah has dealt bountifully with you. For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling. I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

For out of the north a nation comes up against her, which shall make her land a desert, and none shall dwell in it. They shall flee, they shall depart, both man and beast. In those days, and at that time, says Jehovah, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together, going and weeping. They shall go and seek Jehovah their God.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that through me the preaching might be fulfilled, and that all the nations might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to rescue those who are being tempted.

and call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

I, even I, will call to God, and Jehovah will save me. Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.

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.

But there shall not a hair of your head perish.

I sought Jehovah, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her at the turning of the morning.

Jehovah of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

And Nathan left to go to his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick. And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth. And the elders of his house rose up toward him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. read more.
And it happened on the seventh day, the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, Behold, while the child was still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the child is dead? But David saw that his servants whispered. And David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the boy dead? And they said, He is dead. And David arose from the earth and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and came into the house of Jehovah and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they brought bread before him and he ate. Then his servants said to him, What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the living boy, but when the child was dead you arose and ate bread! And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me so that the child may live? But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Because you have kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which will come upon all the habitable world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

I will go into Your house with burnt offerings; I will pay You my vows, those which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken in my trouble. I will offer to You burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

And it happened when I heard these words, I sat down and wept. And I mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of Heaven.

For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His shelter, in the secrecy of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me up on a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies, my encirclers; and I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle. I will sing; yea, I will sing praises to Jehovah.

For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert? Besides what I see, You teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more.

He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

Blessed are they that mourn! For they shall be comforted.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

to preach the acceptable year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.

but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

And you have known with your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so Jehovah your God chastens you.

I know, O Jehovah, that Your judgments are right, and that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives." If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons, for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

He will not always chasten, nor will He keep His anger forever.

For a little moment I have left you; but with great mercies I will gather you. In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations;

For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory,

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

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

Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted and will kill you. And you will be hated of all nations for My name's sake.

But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

persecutions, afflictions, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! But the Lord delivered me out of all. Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.

confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.