32 Bible Verses About Resilience

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi.

And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.