50 Bible Verses about Staying Strong During Hard Times

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

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

But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.

They will not be put to shame in distressing times, and in [the] days of famine they will be satisfied.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.

In the day of prosperity, rejoice! But in the day of adversity, consider! For God made one in place of another so that mortals cannot find out what will happen {in the future}.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

{When} I called and you answered me, you emboldened me in my soul [with] strength.

with all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and to this [end] being alert with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.

And you must know and you must understand [that] from [the] time of the going out of [the] word to restore and build Jerusalem until [an] anointed [one]-- leader--[will be] {seven weeks and sixty-two weeks}; it will be restored and will be built [with] streets and moat, but {in a time of oppression}.

The Rock, his work [is] perfect, for all his ways [are] just; [he is] a faithful God, and {without injustice}; righteous and upright [is] he.

Therefore, whoever has insight will keep silent in that time, for it [is] a time of evil.

firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.

But the one who endures to the end--this person will be saved.

But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,

The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"

This will turn out to you for a [time of] witness.

For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day [is] a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to [the] cervical opening, and there is no strength to give birth.

and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

And the Lord Yahweh helps me, therefore I have not been put to shame; therefore I have set my face like flint. And I know that I shall not be ashamed;

Behold also ships: [although they] are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes.

And being in anguish, he began praying more fervently and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.]]

Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.

Woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people,

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,

Let us hold fast to the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for the one who promised [is] faithful.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."

with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.

and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery.

pray constantly,

So I recommend enjoyment. For there [is] nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun.

extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines.

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,