40 Bible Verses about Stress And Hard Times

This understand, that in the last days shall come perilous times:

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

If thou be overseen and negligent in time of need, then is thy strength but small.

that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.

and they said unto him, "Thus sayeth Hezekiah, 'This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of wrath: like as when a child cometh to the birth, but the woman hath no power to bring it forth.

For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

We are troubled on every side, yet are we not without shift. We are in poverty: but not utterly without somewhat.

And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.

And there shall be signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar,

and men's hearts shall fail them for fear, and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall move.

He will not be afraid of any evil tidings, for his heart standeth fast, and believeth 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.

He is a friend that always loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother.

And David was in a shrewd strait: for the people intended to stone him because the hearts of the people were vexed for their sons and their daughters.

The very Lord of peace, 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, 'Wherewith shall we be clothed?'

Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:

Hannah answered, and said, "Not so, my lord. I am a woman sorrowful in mine heart, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

I called upon the LORD in trouble, and the LORD heard me at large.

Neither do we so, only: but also we rejoice in tribulation: For we know that tribulation bringeth patience,

And why care ye then for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They labor not, neither spin:

The hope of the ungodly in time of need, is like a rotten tooth and a slippery foot.

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein."

For it is not possible that they which were once lighted, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were become partakers of the holy ghost,

I suppose that it is good for the present necessity. For it is good for a man so to be.

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

Then answered one of his servants and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that can play upon instruments, and is an active fellow and a man of war and prudent and well made, and the LORD is with him."

And Zacchaeus stood forth and said unto the Lord, "Behold Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have done any man wrong, I will restore him four fold."

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

While thou goest with thine adversary to the ruler: as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him, lest he bring thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the jailer, and the jailer cast thee into prison.

And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to 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, which separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

Nicodemus said unto him, "How can a man be born, when he is old? Can he enter into his mother's womb and be born again?"

So the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, and few be chosen."

Let every soul submit himself unto the authority of 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 that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.

When Pharaoh had let the people go, God carried them not through the land of the Philistines, though it were a nigh way. For God said, "The people might haply repent when they see war, and so turn again to Egypt."

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