100 Bible Verses About Trials
Bible verses about Trials
Trials, though challenging, are not meant to break us, but to refine us. Scripture offers solace and strength, illuminating God's purpose in our suffering. Understanding trials through a biblical lens shifts our perspective from despair to hope, revealing opportunities for growth, perseverance, and deeper faith. These verses remind us that we are not alone in our struggles; God is with us, using these experiences to mold us into the image of Christ. Embrace the wisdom within these passages, allowing them to guide you through the storms of life and emerge stronger, more resilient, and closer to Him.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14 (KJV)
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Trials: Bible Verses for Strength & Perseverance
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
And they journeyed from Beth–el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
And 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 what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
Thou shalt not kill.
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
And David came to Baal–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal–perazim.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
The Bible offers a wealth of wisdom and comfort for navigating life's trials. These verses demonstrate that suffering is not unique, nor is it without purpose. From James' call to count trials as joy, recognizing their role in developing perseverance, to Peter's assurance that fiery trials refine faith like gold, the message resonates: trials are opportunities for spiritual growth. Verses highlighting God's unwavering presence and promise of deliverance, as seen in Psalms and Isaiah, remind us that we are never alone in our struggles. Ultimately, these scriptures encourage us to shift our perspective, viewing trials not as insurmountable obstacles but as stepping stones toward a deeper relationship with God and a more resilient faith. Reflect on these verses, pray for strength and wisdom, and trust that even in the midst of hardship, God is working for your good and His glory.