34 Bible Verses about Afflictions

"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves. "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues. "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

All these things are the beginning of birth-pangs. Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another. read more.
Many false prophets will rise up and mislead many; and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold; but he who endures to the end will be saved.

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while I am gazing not at things seen, but at things unseen; for things seen are temporal, but things unseen are eternal.

If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort?? comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.

But as for you, be always self-controlled, face hardships, do the work of a missionary, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

and have you forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as sons? My son, do not despise the training of the Lord, Nor faint when he corrects you;

but through our condemnation by the Lord, we are trained so that we may not be condemned;

All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal and repent.

He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,

It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.

Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.

Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.

by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

and have you forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as sons? My son, do not despise the training of the Lord, Nor faint when he corrects you;

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day.

And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.

For I count as nothing what we now suffer, in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us.

but through our condemnation by the Lord, we are trained so that we may not be condemned;

For it is those whom he loves that he disciplines, And he scourges every son whom he acknowledges. It is for discipline that you are enduring these sufferings. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

"O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? "The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season." Instantly there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and groping about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.

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

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings which befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know all the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all! Yes, and all who purpose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

"Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.

"Rejoice in that day and exult, For your reward is great in heaven; For even so did their fathers to the prophets.

as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man's work, of what quality it is.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe.

But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

(The slave's name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

I have said all this to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous; I have overcome the world."

Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."

Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.

So that no one should be shaken by these troubles??or you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

And one of the Elders spoke to me, saying. "Who are these, clad in white robes? Whence come they?" And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."

Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you. But be glad in the degree in which you share in the sufferings of Christ; so that when his glory shall be revealed, you too may be glad with triumphant gladness.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."

Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you. But be glad in the degree in which you share in the sufferings of Christ; so that when his glory shall be revealed, you too may be glad with triumphant gladness.

For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.

"Let not your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust in me also. In my Father's house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?

And he said to them, "What words are these that you are exchanging one with another, as you walk along?"

And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

(The slave's name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

"Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"

had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe. On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,