48 Bible Verses about Overcoming Hard Times

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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

Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.

"At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?"In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,

And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!

Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Then the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times."

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,