Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

I go--I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.

He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

And we know--we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain--sprinkling earth.'

Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it ?

When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Good is Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

Mine afflicted from the appointed place I have gathered, from thee they have been, Bearing for her sake reproach.

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

and of you--even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am he , be not afraid.'

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did it .

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;

and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, `Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him.