Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.