40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

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

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

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

let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

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.

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.

If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

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

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

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

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.

Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

And the LORD said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.

Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

One of the young men answered, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the LORD is with him."

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."

And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

Nicodemus said to 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 will be first, and the first last."

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people 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,