53 Bible Verses about Hardship

But watch thou in all things, labour, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry.

Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

Thou hast showed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of shaking.

It shall not seem hard unto thee when thou sendest him away free from thee, for he has served thee for half the cost of a hired servant for six years; and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

in which I suffer trouble, like unto an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

If thou art slack in the day of tribulation, thy strength shall be reduced.

In the day of good enjoy that which is good, but in the day of adversity open your eyes and learn: God also has made the one (the day of adversity) before the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Thou who hast caused me to see great and sore troubles, shalt return and quicken me and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Because, brothers, we would not have you ignore our tribulation which was done unto us in Asia, that we were burdened beyond our strength, in such a manner that we despaired even of life:

These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Is anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.

Thou, therefore, work hard as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Therefore I am content in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.

in labour and travail, in many watches, in hunger and thirst, in many fasts, in cold and nakedness.

But the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction; thy rain shall never more be taken away, but thine eyes shall see thy rain:

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

and patience, experience; and experience, hope;

But he said unto her, Thou hast spoken as any of the foolish women speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

and hast suffered, and doth suffer and for my name's sake hast laboured and hast not fainted.

For this is due to grace, if a man for conscience toward God endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David and all his afflictions:

and call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?

In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have affliction in the flesh, but I forbear you.

Now, therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and terrible God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that prisons and tribulations await me.

He shall deliver the poor from his poverty, and in affliction shall open their ears.

But in all things showing ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

For the iniquity does not come forth out of the dust; neither does chastisement spring up out of the ground;

And Moses sent ambassadors from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that has befallen us:

Be ye strong, therefore, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.

For I know with certainty that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory which shall be manifested in us.

Thou dost renew thy plagues against me and increase thine indignation upon me, bringing up armies against me.

For I mean not that others be eased and ye burdened,

Blessed is he that understands regarding the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

Blessed is the man that patiently endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles

resist him steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are to be accomplished in the company of your brethren that are in the world.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

knowing that the proving of your faith works patience,

He has walled off my way and I shall not pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.

neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,