38 Bible Verses about pressure

Beside those things that are from the outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the congregations.

We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.

Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

This is because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.

Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Even so I am fond of your commandments.

How can I alone bear your encumbrance, your burden, and your strife?

You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.

Without your agreement I would do nothing. Your goodness should not be out of necessity, but of free will.

We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

If you fail in time of trouble your strength is small.

When he gave the wind its force and measured the water in the sea,

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears. Not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have more abundantly for you.

but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.

they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while. They stumble when tribulation or persecution arise.

I spoke to you then and said: 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.

Then I pleaded with Jehovah:

Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

([Psalm of David]) Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my trouble. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

The crowd gathered so close that they did not have time for bread.

The heart of her husband safely trusts her. He will have no lack of gain.

When we came to Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side, fighting on the outside and fears on the inside.

In my distress I called to Jehovah; he answered me and set me free.

He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

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

This is what Jehovah said with his powerful hand on me. He warned me not to follow the ways of these people:

Distress and anguish fill him with terror. They overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack.

O land, land, land! Hear the word of Jehovah.

In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

However the more the Israelites were oppressed, the more they increased in number and spread out. The Egyptians could not stand them any longer.

If you marry you have not sinned. If a virgin marries she has not sinned. Those who marry will face many problems in this life and I want to spare you.

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

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness. So who can tolerate a wounded spirit?

Oppression makes a wise man foolish (emotionally unstable) (mentally ill) and a bribe destroys the heart.

Say to them: 'As I am alive! Declares the Lord Jehovah. I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?'

They became few in number and were humiliated because of oppression, disaster, and sorrow.