20 Bible Verses about Suffering, Emotional Aspects Of
Most Relevant Verses
That was why we made up our minds to go and see you--at least I, Paul, did, more than once--but Satan put difficulties in our way.
When Herod found that he had been trifled with by the Astrologers, he was very angry. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and the whole of that neighborhood, who were two years old or under, guided by the date which he had ascertained from the Astrologers. Then were fulfilled these words spoken in the Prophet Jeremiah, where he says-- 'A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and much lamentation; Rachel, weeping for her children, Refused all comfort because they were not.'
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. "Master," she exclaimed, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!" When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed. "Where have you buried him?" he asked. "Come and see, Master," they answered.read more.
Jesus burst into tears.
Grieving most of all over what he had said--that they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
There, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the Prophets, in the Kingdom of God, while you yourselves are being driven outside.
Afterwards the other bridesmaids came. 'Sir, Sir,' they said, 'open the door to us!'
Men's hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for 'the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.'
Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented of what he had done, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests and Councillors. "I did wrong in betraying a good man to his death," he said. "What has that to do with us?" they replied. "You must see to that yourself."
And he, when he comes, will bring conviction to the world as to Sin, and as to Righteousness, and as to Judgment;
When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles: "Brothers, what can we do?"
Otherwise, would not the offering of these sacrifices have been abandoned, as the worshipers, having been once purified, would have had their consciences clear from sins?
"I am sad at heart," he said, "sad even to death; wait here and watch with me."
And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches. Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led astray without my burning with indignation?
I am speaking the truth as one in union with Christ; it is no lie; and my conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, Bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow upon me and that my heart is never free from pain. I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my Brothers-my own countrymen.read more.
For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as Sons, the visible Presence, the Covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.
Daily I face death-I swear it, Brothers, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
We want you, Brothers, to know that, in the troubles which befell us in Roman Asia, we were burdened altogether beyond our strength, so much so that we even despaired of life. Indeed, we had the presentiment that we must die, so that we might rely, not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead.
You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.
In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: "Can it be I, Master?"
They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: "Can it be I?"
