21 Bible Verses about Trials
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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials, knowing that the proving of your faith works patience,
Because, brothers, we would not have you ignore our tribulation which was done unto us in Asia, that we were burdened beyond our strength, in such a manner that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; who delivered us from so great a death and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me above measure, there is given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord three times that it might be taken from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, I will rather glory in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may dwell in me.read more.
Therefore I am content in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong.
No temptation has taken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in the heavens; for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
And he shall sit to refine and to purify the silver: for he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations, that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest; whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;read more.
receiving the end of your faith, even the saving health of your souls.
knowing that the proving of your faith works patience,
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast refined us as silver is refined. Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins. Thou hast placed a man over our head; we went through fire and through water, but thou didst bring us out into abundance.
Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of the afflictions of the Christ, so that also in the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice in triumph. If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you; certainly on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.read more.
So let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as desirous of the things of others. But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf.
but those that wait for the LORD shall have new strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,
And it came to pass after these things that God proved Abraham and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Behold, here I am.
Likewise, brethren, we make known unto you the grace of God bestowed on the congregations of Macedonia, how that in a great trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of the Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you in your faith, that no one should be moved in these tribulations, for you know that we are appointed for this. For even when we were with you, we told you in advance that we must pass through tribulations, even as it has come to pass, and ye know.
so that we ourselves glory in you in the congregations of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure and
Blessed is the man that patiently endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those that love him.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the entire world, to try those that dwell upon the earth.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Where dost thou come from? Then Satan answered the LORD and said, From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my slave Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God and has departed from evil? Then Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?read more.
Hast thou not made a hedge about him and about his house and about all that he has on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands; therefore, his substance has increased in the land. But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he has, and thou shalt see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face. And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power; only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
From Thematic Bible
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
For our tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepares an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us;
Behold, blessed is the man whom God chastens; therefore, do not despise not the correction of the Almighty.
Trials » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
And know in thine heart, that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD thy God chastens thee.
My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For the LORD chastens whom he loves and delights in, even as a father to his son.
And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him:
But being judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long?
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Trials » Tribulation, a part of earthly experience
These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
And I said unto him, lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation and have washed their long robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;
I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, (but thou art rich), and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Trials » The refining influence of
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
and I will turn my hand upon thee and according to pureness purge away thy dross and take away all thy tin;
Behold, I have refined thee, and not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Trials » Of ministers and prophets
And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me above measure, there is given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
So I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are ill clad and are buffeted and have no certain dwellingplace
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more, in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
Trials » From God
And know in thine heart, that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD thy God chastens thee.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks of the poison; and terrors of God combat me.
I was prosperous, but he has broken me asunder; he has taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for his mark.
Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins.
Trials » True believers do not faint under
And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him:
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, according to the mercy we have received, we fault not,
Therefore we fault not; but though our outward man is wearing out, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
Therefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Trials » General references to
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his face saved them: with his love and with his clemency he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of the age.
For I know with certainty that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory which shall be manifested in us.
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Trials » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
Thou dost feed them with the bread of tears and give them tears to drink in great measure.
Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
And he went a little further and fell on his face, praying and saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Therefore his people shall return here; and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Trials » Waters of affliction
Deep calls unto deep at the voice of thy waterspouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the flood would have gone over our soul;
But the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction; thy rain shall never more be taken away, but thine eyes shall see thy rain:
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