34 Bible Verses about Afflictions

Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues; and they will lead you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them and the Gentiles.

And all these things are the beginning of travails. Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name, and then many will be offended; and they will betray one another, and hate one another. read more.
And many false prophets will arise and deceive many. And because iniquity doth abound, the divine love of many will grow cold. But the one persevering to the end, the same shall be saved.

For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole; we not looking at the things which are visible, but the things which are invisible; for the visible things are temporary, but the invisible things are eternal.

But if we are troubled it is in behalf of your consolation and salvation; if we are comforted, it is in behalf of your consolation, working in you through the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;

For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:

But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.

So many as I love, I rebuke and chastise; be zealous, and repent.

who delivered us from so great a death, and will deliver: in whom he have hope that he will also yet deliver;

And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted.

until this hour we both hunger and thirst, and suffer for insufficient clothing, and are buffeted; and we tramp,

in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labors, in vigils, in fastings;

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may not be exalted.

until this hour we both hunger and thirst, and suffer for insufficient clothing, and are buffeted; and we tramp,

in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labors, in vigils, in fastings;

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

Therefore we faint not; but if indeed our external man perishes, yet our internal man is renewed day by day.

But let us not get weary doing that which is good: for in due time we will reap, fainting not.

For I reckon that the sufferings of these present times are not worthy to be compared to the glory which is about to be revealed in us.

But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world.

for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives. Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?

And I said unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me; These are those coming up out of great tribulation, who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

said, O thou full of all guile and rascality, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of God? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name,

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

persecutions, sufferings; such as came to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; such persecutions as I endured: and the Lord delivered me out of them all. But truly all wishing to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold your reward in heaven is great: for according to these things were their fathers accustomed to do to the prophets.

as sorrowing, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;

But we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.

the work of each will be made manifest: for the day will reveal it, because it is revealed by fire; and the same fire will try the work of each what soil it is.

Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.

And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely:

But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.

And He said, Father, Father, all things are possible to thee; take this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Then Jesus said to Peter, Put thy sword in the scabbard: the cup which the Father gave me, shall I not drink it?

I have spoken these things to you, in order that you may have peace in me. In the world you have tribulation: but take courage; I have conquered the world.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.

Behold, we pronounce them happy who have endured: you have heard the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, because the Lord is very merciful, and sympathetic.

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations. For you know that for this we are appointed.

And one of the elders responded, to me saying, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and whence came they? And I said unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me; These are those coming up out of great tribulation, who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, coming upon you unto your testing: as some strange thing happening to you: but as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; in order that you may also rejoice in the revelation of his glory, being glad.

and he will wipe every tear out of their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither will there be any more sorrow, nor crying, nor pain: because the former things have passed away.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, coming upon you unto your testing: as some strange thing happening to you: but as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; in order that you may also rejoice in the revelation of his glory, being glad.

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.

And He said to them, What speeches are these which you are interchanging to one another, walking along? And they stood still, looking sad.

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.

Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

And He said, Father, Father, all things are possible to thee; take this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Then Jesus said to Peter, Put thy sword in the scabbard: the cup which the Father gave me, shall I not drink it?

And having gone forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: moreover not as I will, but as thou wilt.

saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.

And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them safely: who, having received such a charge, cast them into the interior prison, and fastened their feet into the wood. But at midnight Paul and Silas, praying, continued to sing praises to God: and the prisoners heard them.