38 Bible Verses about pressure
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In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.
And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.
For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,
He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.
Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.
The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
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Exodus 23:2Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: