38 Bible Verses about pressure
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Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
Trouble and anguish have come upon me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight.
You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.
but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
“I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.
From my distress I called upon the Lord;
The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.
For thus the Lord spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel.
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness,
But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?
Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather 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?’
When they are diminished and bowed down
Through oppression, misery and sorrow,
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