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138 Bible verses about joy in adversity
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in gentleness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
But become doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was.
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance.
And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.
Rejoice always;
pray without ceasing;
in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.
He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves with him.
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a headdress instead of ashes, The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our benefit, so that we may share His holiness.
And all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, but to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,
seeing to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
that also there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,
and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
¶Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about your circumstances, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind contending together for the faith of the gospel,
in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.
Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For our momentary, light affliction is working out for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
and said to Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or shall we look for someone else?”
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
A glad heart makes a face look good, But when the heart is pained, the spirit is broken.
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you.
But to the degree you are sharing the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
¶You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
¶Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me; Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to sweep it away; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.
Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!”
As for me, I am afflicted and needy, May the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One who rescues me; Do not delay, O my God.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in Yahweh.
Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.
Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.
I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart; I will recount all Your wondrous deeds.
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek You.
¶Sing praises to Yahweh, who abides in Zion; Declare among the peoples His acts.
For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Be gracious to me, O Yahweh; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
That I may recount all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Yahweh has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
¶The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God.
For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
Arise, O Yahweh, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You.
I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Make sure that your way of life is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
¶Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, For the salvation of His presence.
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Not that I speak from want, for I learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and afflictions, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.
For you also showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession.
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
And not only this, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the trespass of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.
For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were appointed sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be appointed righteous.
through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you.
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—
in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
“And Yahweh will continually guide you, And satisfy your soul in scorched places, And fortify your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, But they are too numerous to recount.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;
in every way afflicted, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
But now, thus says Yahweh, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith.
Praise Yah! How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who greatly delights in His commandments.
¶The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish.
His seed will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
¶I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; My soul will rejoice in my God, For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¶Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
He who indeed did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?
¶Though I walk in the midst of distress, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
¶Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and self-discipline.
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
That my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
never taking your own revenge, beloved—instead leave room for the wrath of God. For it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver.
In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me.
My foot stands on level ground; In the congregations I shall bless Yahweh.
Test me, O Yahweh, and try me; Refine my mind and my heart.
For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
¶Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
¶How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
And my God will fulfill all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes. Therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.
¶Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His lovingkindness,
And if you offer your soul to the hungry And satisfy the soul of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your thick darkness will become like midday.
“And Yahweh will continually guide you, And satisfy your soul in scorched places, And fortify your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;
He gives power to the weary, And to him who lacks vigor He increases might.
¶A voice is calling, “Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
Though youths grow weary and tired, And choice young men stumble badly,
Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.
Yahweh is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?
Yahweh is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Only live your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about your circumstances, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind contending together for the faith of the gospel,
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
¶You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
¶Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me; Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to sweep it away; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.
Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!”
As for me, I am afflicted and needy, May the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One who rescues me; Do not delay, O my God.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
How blessed are the people for whom this is so; How blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.