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Bible verses about suffering and trials.

110 verses about suffering and trials from the King James Version, the most loved first.

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.
John 16:33 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about suffering and trials.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given…

Romans 5:3-5 ›

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

1 Peter 5:10 ›

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Romans 8:18 ›

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches…

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ›

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:2-4 ›

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Romans 12:12 ›

All 110 verses about suffering and trials.

  • John 16:33These 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…
  • Romans 5:3-5And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And…
  • 1 Peter 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish…
  • Romans 8:17-23And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For…
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9-10And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my…
  • James 1:2-4My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience…
  • Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
  • James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love…
  • Psalms 23:1-6[A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He…
  • 1 Peter 1:6-7Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith…
  • Hebrews 4:15-16For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:4-5Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are…
  • Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  • Psalms 34:17-18The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and…
  • 1 Peter 4:12-13Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch…
  • 1 Peter 4:13-14But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If…
  • 2 Corinthians 4:11-18For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then…
  • Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
  • Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire…
  • Acts 20:22-24And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in…
  • 1 Corinthians 4:12-13And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth…
  • 2 Corinthians 6:4-10But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in…
  • James 5:10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
  • 1 Peter 2:21-23For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin…
  • Genesis 3:16-17Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to…
  • Job 3:1-26After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was…
  • Job 6:1-30But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than…
  • Job 9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
  • Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
  • Job 14:22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
  • Job 17:7-16Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up…
  • Job 30:15-19Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days…
  • Job 33:19-22He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty…
  • Job 36:8-12And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have…
  • Job 36:15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
  • Psalms 18:4-6The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death…
  • Psalms 27:5-6For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And…
  • Psalms 31:9-13Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my…
  • Psalms 39:1-4[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth…
  • Psalms 46:1[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Psalms 50:15-17And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to…
  • Psalms 55:4-8My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath…
  • Psalms 66:13-15I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.…
  • Psalms 71:20-23Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt…
  • Psalms 77:2-4In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was…
  • Psalms 88:3-18For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath…
  • Psalms 90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow…
  • Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • Psalms 107:17-19Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near…
  • Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Psalms 143:3-4For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long…
  • Proverbs 12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
  • Proverbs 15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • Proverbs 15:15All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:22-23For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his…
  • Ecclesiastes 7:2-4It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his…
  • Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast…
  • Isaiah 26:16-17LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near…
  • Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
  • Isaiah 49:13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon…
  • Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them…
  • Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall…
  • Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make…
  • Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell…
  • Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath…
  • Lamentations 3:1-36I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me…
  • Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
  • Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
  • John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • John 16:20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be…
  • Acts 9:16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
  • Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:8-9For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch…
  • 2 Corinthians 4:7-12But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not…
  • 2 Corinthians 11:23-30Are 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…
  • Philippians 1:29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
  • Philippians 2:27-30For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent…
  • Philippians 3:10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • Colossians 1:24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the…
  • 2 Timothy 2:12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
  • 2 Timothy 3:11-12Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered…
  • Hebrews 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
  • 1 Peter 2:20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it…
  • 1 Peter 5:9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
  • Hebrews 12:3-12For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted…
  • Deuteronomy 4:30-31When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be…
  • Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know…
  • Psalms 66:10-13For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou…
  • Jeremiah 31:18-19I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me…
  • Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at…
  • Deuteronomy 13:1-3If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he…
  • 1 Kings 8:47-53Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them…
  • 2 Chronicles 32:31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left…
  • Psalms 26:2Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
  • Psalms 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
  • Psalms 94:12-13Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until…
  • Jeremiah 9:6-7Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I…
  • Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall…
  • Malachi 3:2-3But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope: And he shall…
  • Matthew 13:19-22When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his…
  • Matthew 24:21-25For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days…
  • Luke 8:13-14They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of…
  • 2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
  • Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you…
  • Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have…
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  • Psalms 30:5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
  • Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Job 5:17-18Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he…
  • Proverbs 3:11-12My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son…
  • Isaiah 61:2-3To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion…
  • Genesis 39:20-23And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. But the…
  • 1 Samuel 3:18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
  • 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of…
  • 2 Samuel 12:15-23And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. David therefore besought…
  • 2 Kings 20:19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
  • Nehemiah 1:4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
  • Nehemiah 9:33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
  • Job 7:2-6As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and…
  • Job 12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
  • Job 16:6-14Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my…
  • Job 19:7-20Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set…
  • Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
  • Job 34:31-32Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done…
  • Psalms 6:6-7I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth…
  • Psalms 13:5-6But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
  • Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
  • Psalms 32:3-4When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into…
  • Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
  • Psalms 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
  • Psalms 42:6-7O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Deep…
  • Psalms 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
  • Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Psalms 56:8-10Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back…
  • Psalms 57:6-7They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves.…
  • Psalms 69:1-3[To chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is…
  • Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found…
  • Psalms 80:5-6Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our…
  • Psalms 89:32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
  • Psalms 102:3-11For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my…
  • Psalms 103:9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
  • Psalms 105:17-19He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his…
  • Psalms 107:4-5They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
  • Psalms 109:22-24For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. My…
  • Psalms 116:7-9Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and…
  • Psalms 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing…
  • Proverbs 12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
  • Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
  • Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Isaiah 54:7-8For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with…
  • Isaiah 64:5-7Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those…
  • Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
  • Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me…
  • Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on…
  • Matthew 11:28-30Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in…
  • Luke 7:13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
  • Luke 21:18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
  • Luke 21:19In your patience possess ye your souls.
  • John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
  • John 15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
  • Romans 8:26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
  • 2 Corinthians 7:6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
  • Hebrews 12:1-3Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily…
  • James 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and…
  • Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
  • Hosea 2:6-7Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers…
  • Jonah 2:1-10Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out…
  • Luke 15:11-24And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he…
  • Philippians 1:12-14But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; So that…
  • Deuteronomy 30:1-2And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call…
  • Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of…
  • Judges 10:6-8And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon…
  • Judges 10:10And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
  • Judges 10:15And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this…
  • 1 Samuel 12:9-10And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines…
  • 2 Samuel 15:26But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
  • 2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then…
  • 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
  • 2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the…
  • 1 Kings 8:33When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name…
  • 1 Kings 8:35When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn…
  • 2 Kings 4:26Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered…
  • 1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly…
  • 2 Chronicles 6:28-31If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in…
  • 2 Chronicles 7:13-14If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people…
  • 2 Chronicles 15:4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:12-13And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he…
  • Ezra 9:5-15And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands…
  • Nehemiah 1:8-9Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations…
  • Nehemiah 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee…
  • Esther 4:16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my…
  • Job 5:6-11Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly…
  • Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 14:14If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
  • Job 40:1-5Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Then Job…
  • Psalms 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the…
  • Psalms 40:1[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
  • Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
  • Psalms 51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
  • Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
  • Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
  • Isaiah 1:25-26And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy…
  • Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the…
  • Isaiah 39:8Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
  • Jeremiah 10:19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
  • Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men…
  • Daniel 9:14Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we…
  • Matthew 26:39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not…
  • Mark 14:36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
  • Luke 22:42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
  • Luke 23:40-41But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive…
  • John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
  • Acts 11:19-21Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching…
  • Acts 21:14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
  • Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of…
  • Philippians 1:19For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  • 2 Timothy 2:3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Timothy 2:9-10Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes…
  • 2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
  • 2 Timothy 4:16-17At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood…
  • Hebrews 6:13-15For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and…
  • Hebrews 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an…
  • James 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • 1 Peter 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • 1 Peter 5:6-7Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about suffering and trials?

The Bible speaks to suffering and trials in verses such as John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace”, and 1 Peter 5:10, “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about suffering and trials are most loved?

Among the most loved is John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.” Others are Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 5:10 and Romans 8:18.

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