'Troubles' in the Bible

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from where he is [resting].

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

He named his second son Ephraim because, he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my troubles."

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.

And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to Him, ‘You must set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles thee.

Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the lyre. Whenever the evil spirit from God troubles you, that person can play the lyre, and you will feel better.”

And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.

The king asked her, “What is the matter?” She said, “Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Perhaps the LORD will take note of my troubles and return good to me instead of curses today!"

I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard.

"As the LORD lives," the king said with an oath, "who has redeemed me from all sorts of troubles,

The king also told Abiathar the priest, "Go home to Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I won't kill you today, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David and because you shared all the troubles that my father went through."

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Are you the one who is bringing disaster on Israel?”

and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles are on all the inhabitants of the lands,

In the midst of his troubles, King Ahaz became more and more unfaithful to the LORD.

The king asked me, "Why do you look so troubled, since you're not ill? This cannot be anything else but troubles of the heart."

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles.

“Therefore snares surround you,And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;

you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you."

Then He will speak to them in His [profound] angerAnd terrify them with His displeasure, saying,

Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful lovebecause You have seen my affliction.You have known the troubles of my life

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.

For troubles without number have surrounded me;my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.They are more than the hairs of my head,and my courage leaves me.

These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.

This is what comforts me in my troubles: that what you say revives me.

If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;

I pour out my complaint to him, telling him all of my troubles.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Whoever troubles his household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise.

The one who profits dishonestly troubles his household,but the one who hates bribes will live.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

Let him drink, forget his poverty, and remember his troubles no more.

For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though man’s troubles are heavy on him.

And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

A message concerning the Valley of Vision. "What troubles you, now that you've all gone up to the rooftops,

I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

People heard how I groan, with no one to comfort me. All my adversaries have heard about my troubles; they rejoice that you have caused them. Bring on the day you have promised, so my adversaries will become like me.

‘O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery baffles or troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst.

I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.

Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.

For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

But if you do marry, you have not sinned [in doing so]; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned [in doing so]. Yet those [who marry] will have troubles (special challenges) in this life, and I am trying to spare you that.

who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

For as for our troubles which came upon us in the province of Asia, we would have you know, brethren, that we were exceedingly weighed down, and felt overwhelmed, so that we renounced all hope even of life.

Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.