40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

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

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

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

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

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

And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.

Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.

For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,