51 Bible Verses about Struggles
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In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.
For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate.
Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.
having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have.
Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
They have an easy time until they die,
and their bodies are well fed.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
The struggles of fools weary them,
for they don’t know how to go to the city.
Now I appeal to you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join with me in fervent prayers to God on my behalf.
by the message of truth,
by the power of God;
through weapons of righteousness
on the right hand and the left,
“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,
When a man dies, will he come back to life?
If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle
until my relief comes.
You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
For it has been given to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.
For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.
But I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.
For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.
However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this dying body?
For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.
Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.
He found him at Bethel,
and there He spoke with him.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.
In fact, we labor and strive for this, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe.
For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.
“If two men are fighting with each other, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she puts out her hand and grabs his genitals,
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,
I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better—
Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.
Topics on Struggles
Life Struggles
Romans 7:24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this dying body?
Struggles In Relationship
1 Corinthians 7:9But if they do not have self-control,
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