40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} 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 blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

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

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of 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 encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

Therefore take no thought, 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 those that be of heavy hearts.

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 have poured out my soul before the LORD.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

And why take ye thought for 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 an house full of sacrifices with strife.

And the LORD 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 for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD 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 taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

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

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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

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

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

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

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

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

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through 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 fenced cities of Judah, city by city,