23 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.[\ul Note: Verse

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

but God who comforts the humble comforted us by the coming of Titus;

by your patience you shall save your souls.

rejoice in the hope, be patient in affliction, be persevering in prayer,

so that we boast of you in the churches of God, of your patience and faith, in all your persecutions and the afflictions which you endure,

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

For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God.

These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls; for my yoke is easy, and my burden light.

And seeing her, the Lord had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.

Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God and believe in me.

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

And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him,

And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break 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 also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God. For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you a copy that you should follow his steps, who committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth, who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously,

who delivered us from so great a death and will deliver, in whom we hope that he will also still deliver,

but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the word should be fully declared by me, and all the nations should hear, and I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

For because he has himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.

and a hair of your heads shall by no means perish;

Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time,

You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering.

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

Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.[\ul Note: Verse

but as you partake of the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that you may also rejoice exulting at the revelation of his glory. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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

for the Lord corrects those whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. If you endure correction, God deals with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not correct?

I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy.

In which you rejoice, though now for a little while if need be made sad by manifold trials,

For the light affliction which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight of glory,

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

For I think that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory to be revealed in us.

Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;

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

persecutions, sufferings, which befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the great persecutions which I suffered, and the Lord delivered me from all. And all who will live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted.

These things have I told you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.

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

Behold, we account them blessed who are patient. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, that he is very merciful and compassionate.