Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.

“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.

He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.