38 Bible Verses about pressure

Beside those things that are without, my daily combat is the welfare of all the congregations .

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are unsure of our lives, but not in despair;

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

because of the voice of the enemy because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.

How can I myself alone bear your troubles and your burdens and your strife?

Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins.

but I did not want to do anything without thy counsel, that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

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:

If thou art slack in the day of tribulation, thy strength shall be reduced.

To make a weight for the wind and to supply water by measure,

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know how much more charity I have towards you.

and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

but have no root in themselves and are temporal; afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone;

And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

Each one according as they purpose in their heart, so let them give, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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.

And the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

Beth The heart of her husband safely trusts in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

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.

Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

Tribulation and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

in labour and travail, in many watches, in hunger and thirst, in many fasts, in cold and nakedness.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, so much that they loathed the sons of Israel.

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have affliction in the flesh, but I forbear you.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

The spirit of man will bear his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart.

Say unto them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I do not desire the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and that he live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.