40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

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

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

If you are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.

Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble no more.

They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

He will not fear evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

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

Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!

Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

From my distress I called upon the Lord;
The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it
Than a house full of feasting with strife.

The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”

For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.

Then one of the young men said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the Lord is with him.”

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”

So the last shall be first, and the first last.”

Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.