23 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

that we may be able to comfort those, that are in any trouble, by the consolation wherewith we ourselves are comforted by God.

But God, who comforteth those that are brought low, comforted us by the coming of Titus:

In your patience therefore possess your souls.

Rejoicing in hope, patient under affliction, persevering in prayer,

so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and faith under all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure.

but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.

For what glory is it, if when ye sin and are punished for it, ye bear it patiently? but if when ye do well and suffer for it, ye bear it patiently, this will gain favor with God.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

Come unto me therefore all ye who are labouring and oppressed, and I will give you ease. Take but my yoke upon you, and learn of me, (for I am meek and lowly in heart,) and ye shall find refreshment to your souls: for my yoke is easy, and my burthen is light.

And when the Lord saw her, He was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Do not weep.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

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

Have ye forgotten the exhortation, which speaketh to you as to sons, saying, "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor saint when rebuked by Him?

And now, being constrained by the spirit, behold I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will befal me there: save that the holy Spirit testifieth in every city, that bonds and afflictions await me. But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered, What do ye mean, 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.

Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the leader and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Wherefore consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, that ye may not give out, fainting in your minds:

For unto this are ye called; because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye might follow his steps. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously.

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

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the gospel might be fully spread, and that all the nations might hear: and so I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

for as He himself hath suffered, in being tempted, He is able to succour those that are tempted.

But not an hair of your head shall perish.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is to come upon the whole world, to try those that dwell upon the earth.

chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin:

Take for an example of enduring evil and of long-suffering the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.

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

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

but rejoice in that ye are partakers in the sufferings of Christ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may also rejoice with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: and though as to them He is blasphemed, yet as to you He is glorified.

save that the holy Spirit testifieth in every city, that bonds and afflictions await me. But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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

for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." If ye endure chastening, God treateth you as sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not chastise?

Verily I tell you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

In which ye rejoice, tho' now for a little while, if need be, ye are grieved through various trials.

For our short and light affliction is working out for us an infinite and eternal weight of glory, as we aim not at the things which are visible, but invisible:

save that the holy Spirit testifieth in every city, that bonds and afflictions await me.

And I account the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be set against the glory that shall be revealed to us.

Then shall they afflict you, and kill you; and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name:

But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.

sufferings, which befel me at Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all. And indeed all, that are desirous to live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Behold, we account those happy, that are patient. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.