Bible Verses of Suffering

“I will remove from you all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals, which is a burden and reproach for you.

Zephaniah 3:18

“I have destroyed nations; their strongholds are demolished. I have left their streets deserted, with no one passing through. Their cities are laid waste; they are deserted and empty.

Zephaniah 3:6

Flocks and herds will lie down there, creatures of every kind. The desert owl and the screech owl will roost on her columns. Their hooting will echo through the windows, rubble will fill the doorways, the beams of cedar will be exposed.

Zephaniah 2:14

He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.

Zephaniah 2:13

Woe to you who live by the sea, you Kerethite people; the word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. He says, “I will destroy you, and none will be left.”

Zephaniah 2:5

Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.

Zephaniah 2:4

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.

Zechariah 14:2

A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

Zechariah 14:1

In the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.

Zechariah 13:8

If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?` they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.`

Zechariah 13:6

On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Zechariah 12:11

As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Romans 8:36

Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:23

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

Romans 8:22

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Romans 8:18

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Romans 8:17

perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Romans 5:4

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

Romans 5:3

ruin and misery mark their ways,

Romans 3:16

‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death` or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.

Revelation 13:18

so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Revelation 13:17

It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,

Revelation 13:16

The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

Revelation 13:15

Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 13:14

And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.

Revelation 13:13

It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.

Revelation 13:12

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.

Revelation 13:11

“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God`s people.

Revelation 13:10

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

Revelation 13:9

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb`s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

Revelation 13:8

It was given power to wage war against God`s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

Revelation 13:7

It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.

Revelation 13:6

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:5

People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

Revelation 13:4

One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.

Revelation 13:3

The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.

Revelation 13:2

The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

Revelation 13:1

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God`s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 12:17

Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

Revelation 12:15

When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

Revelation 12:13

Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”

Revelation 12:12

Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.

Revelation 12:4

Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads.

Revelation 12:3

The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

Revelation 9:19

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.

Revelation 9:18

The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

Revelation 9:17

The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.

Revelation 9:16

The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

Revelation 9:12

They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

Revelation 9:11

They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

Revelation 9:10

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

Revelation 9:9

Their hair was like women`s hair, and their teeth were like lions` teeth.

Revelation 9:8

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

Revelation 9:7

They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

Revelation 9:5

So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.

Revelation 2:22

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 2:9

You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

Revelation 2:3

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 1:9

The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.

Psalms 143:3

Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

Psalms 129:3

“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

Psalms 129:2

“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

Psalms 129:1

Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.

Psalms 119:153

Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.

Psalms 119:143

I have suffered much; preserve my life, Lord, according to your word.

Psalms 119:107

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Psalms 119:92

Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.

Psalms 119:83

It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

Psalms 119:71

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.

Psalms 119:67

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

Psalms 119:50

I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.

Psalms 119:25

The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

Psalms 118:18

I trusted in the Lord when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”;

Psalms 116:10

The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

Psalms 116:3

In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.

Psalms 102:23

In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

Psalms 102:5

My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

Psalms 102:4

For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.

Psalms 102:3

They slay the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

Psalms 94:6

They crush your people, Lord; they oppress your inheritance.

Psalms 94:5

If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

Psalms 90:11

All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.

Psalms 90:9

We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.

Psalms 90:7

the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

Psalms 89:51

Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

Psalms 89:50

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.

Psalms 89:45

You have put an end to his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

Psalms 89:44

Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

Psalms 89:43

You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

Psalms 89:42

All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

Psalms 89:41

You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.

Psalms 89:40

You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust.

Psalms 89:39

But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.

Psalms 89:38

Fire consumed their young men, and their young women had no wedding songs;

Psalms 78:63

Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.

Psalms 74:21

Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Psalms 74:20

Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.

Psalms 74:19

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Psalms 74:3

O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalms 74:1