138 Bible verses about joy in adversity

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

And not only so, but we rejoice in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of Elohim is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and dignity at the appearing of Yahshua the Messiah:

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Rejoice in Yahweh always: and again I say, Rejoice.

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Messiah may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in insults, in persecutions, in distresses for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of Yahweh in the Messiah Yahshua concerning you.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he might be honored.

Therefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Looking unto Yahshua the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the torture stake, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

Strengthened with all might, according to his majestic power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

This is the day which Yahweh hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Yahweh also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Yahweh, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Only exercise your citizenship as it becometh the good news of the Messiah: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the good news;

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of Yahweh.

Yahweh hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my Elohim.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of honour;

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 unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in Yahweh.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but Elohim is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In Elohim I will praise his word, in Elohim I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of the Messiah's sufferings; that, when his honour shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Yahweh; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our Elohim: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

But they that wait upon Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Rejoice evermore.

A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O Yahweh, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, Yahweh is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

But thanks be to Elohim, which giveth us the victory through our Master Yahshua the Messiah.

Now the Elohim of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

I can do all things through the Messiah which strengtheneth me.

Therefore do not be anxious for the morrow: for the morrow shall take care of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Yahweh is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy Elohim: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Turn again our captivity, O Yahweh, as the streams in the south.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in Yahweh.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with Elohim through our Master Yahshua the Messiah:

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the magnificence of Elohim.

Blessed be Elohim, even the Father of our Master Yahshua the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the Elohim of all comfort;

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of Elohim.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for Elohim is for me.

But the Elohim of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal honour by the Messiah Yahshua, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

The Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Yahshua the Messiah; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the excellence which shall be revealed in us.

For this Elohim is our Elohim for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. To the chief Musician.

And Yahweh shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Many, O Yahweh my Elohim, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of Elohim, and not of us.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Yahshua the Messiah:

Yah is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

But now thus saith Yahweh that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

For the kingdom of Elohim is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

For whatsoever is born of Elohim overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Halleluyah. Blessed is the man that feareth Yahweh, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my Elohim; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of praise:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Elohim continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

What shall we then say to these things? If Elohim be for us, who can be against us?

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Yahweh, according unto thy word.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

But Yahweh is my defence; and my Elohim is the rock of my refuge.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim, which is in the Messiah Yahshua our Master.

Behold, El is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah Yahweh is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Elohim is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Yahshua the Messiah our Master.

Cast thy burden upon Yahweh, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

For Elohim hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

To the end that my honour may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Yahweh my Elohim, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. To the chief Musician.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith Yahweh.

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Yahweh; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Yahweh; therefore I shall not slide.

Examine me, O Yahweh, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in Elohim: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my Elohim. To the chief Musician.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but Elohim is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Looking unto Yahshua the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the torture stake, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

But my Elohim shall supply all your need according to his riches in dignity by the Messiah Yahshua.

Ye are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

But thou, O Yahweh, art a shield for me; my honour, and the lifter up of mine head.

For all the promises of Yahweh in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the magnificence of Elohim by us.

O give thanks unto Yahweh; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Behold, the eye of Yahweh is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

And Yahweh shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of Yahweh in the Messiah Yahshua concerning you.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon Yahweh, they shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

And not only so, but we rejoice in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

But they that wait upon Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Yahweh is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Yahweh taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

I wait for Yahweh, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

And they that are the Messiah's have impaled the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Only exercise your citizenship as it becometh the good news of the Messiah: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the good news;

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Therefore if any man be in the Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Yahweh; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of Elohim in the Messiah Yahshua.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose Elohim is Yahweh.

Trust in Yahweh with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Wait on Yahweh: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on Yahweh.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.