23 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be faithful in prayer.

Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you patiently endure? But if when you do right and suffer for it you patiently endure, you have favor with God.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."

Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are rebuked by him.

And now, behold, bound in the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to 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 even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth;" when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he uttered no threats, but he trusted himself to him who judges justly.

He delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

For because he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

But not a hair of your head will perish.

Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

For those whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and he scourges every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

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

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

But all this they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know him who sent me.

persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet the Lord rescued me from them all. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."

Behold, we call those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.