23 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God.

But God, who comforts the downhearted, comforted me by the coming of Titus,

By your endurance you will win your souls.

ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,

so that we are always boasting of you among the churches of God for your patient endurance and faith, in spite of your persecutions and crushing sorrows which you are enduring.

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

For what credit is it to bear it patiently, if you do wrong and are beaten for it? But if you do right and patiently suffer for it, it is pleasing in the sight of God.

I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."

Come to me, all of you who toil and carry burdens, and I, yes, I, will lead you into rest. Put on my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for the yoke I offer is easy to wear, and the load I ask is light to bear

Now when the Lord saw her, His heart was moved with pity for her, and so He said to her, "Stop weeping."

"Stop letting your hearts be troubled; keep on believing in God, and also in me.

Yes, I felt within my very self the sentence of death, to keep me from depending on myself instead of God who raises the dead.

and you have forgotten the encouragement which is addressed to you as sons: "My son, refrain from thinking lightly of the discipline the Lord inflicts, and giving up when you are corrected by Him.

And I am here now on my way to Jerusalem, because I am impelled by the Spirit to do so, though I am not aware what will befall me there, except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me. But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Yes, to keep from growing weary and fainthearted, just think of the examples set by Him who has endured so great opposition aimed at Him by sinful men!

Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps. He never committed a sin, and deceit was never found on His lips. Although He was abused, He never retorted; although He continued to suffer, He never threatened, but committed His case to Him who judges justly.

He saved me from a death so horrible, and He will save me again! He it is on whom I have set my hope that He will still save me,

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

For inasmuch as He has suffered Himself by being tempted, He is able to give immediate help to any that are tempted.

And yet not a single hair on your head will perish.

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

because he preferred to suffer hardships with the people of God than to have the passing enjoyment that results from sin,

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

I will not leave you helpless orphans. I am coming back to you.

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

but so far as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, keep on rejoicing, so that at the uncovering of His glory you may rejoice triumphantly. If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me. But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

But since we do bring down upon us this judgment, we are being disciplined by the Lord, so that finally we may not be condemned along with the world.

For He disciplines everyone He loves, and chastises every son whom He heartily receives." You must submit to discipline. God is dealing with you as His sons. For who is the son that his father never disciplines?

I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness.

In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,

For this slight and momentary sorrow continues to accumulate for me a solid and eternal glory far beyond any comparison,

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me.

For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us.

At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.

my persecutions, my sufferings, such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such as I endured but the Lord delivered me out of them all. Yes, indeed, everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

See how we call those who thus endured happy! You have heard how patiently Job endured and have seen how the Lord finally blessed him, because the Lord is tenderhearted and merciful.