Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

Then said Iesus vnto them, Be not afraide. Goe, and tell my brethren, that they goe into Galile, and there shall they see me.

For they all saw him, and were sore afrayd: but anon he talked with them, and said vnto them, Be ye of good comfort: it is I, be not afrayd.

And at the ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lamma-sabachthani? which is by interpretation, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfied: blessed are ye that weepe now: for ye shall laugh.

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reuile you, and put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.

Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

And when the Lord sawe her, he had compassion on her, and said vnto her, Weepe not.

Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God?

Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.

And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,

Yet there shall not one heare of your heads perish.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye beleeue in God, beleeue also in me.

And I wil pray the Father, and he shall giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,

I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.

Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare.

If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.

Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.

Verely, verely I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, and the worlde shall reioyce: and ye shall sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe turned to ioye.

And ye nowe therefore are in sorowe: but I will see you againe, and your hearts shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.

These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that in me ye might haue peace: in the world ye shall haue affliction, but be of good comfort: I haue ouercome the world.

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer was made of ye Church vnto God for him.

Nowe the night folowing, the Lord stoode by him, and saide, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience,

And patience experience, and experience hope,

If we be children, we are also heires, euen the heires of God, and heires annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.