138 Bible verses about joy in adversity

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,and perseverance, character, and character, hope.And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.

In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.

Rejoice in Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice.

I will bless LORD at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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

Rejoice always.Pray without ceasing.In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.He who goes forth and weeps, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me. Thy commandments are my delight.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

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

being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

This is the day which LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.And those who know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek thee.

Only be citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith oAnd not being frightened in anything by those who oppose, which is indeed a sign of destruction to them, but to you of salvation, and this from God.

LORD has done great things for us. We are glad.

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye who hope in LORD.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.In God I will praise his word. In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

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

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.

I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in LORD.

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

But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Rejoice always.

I will give thanks to LORD with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works.I will be glad and exult in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

But thanks is to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of Holy Spirit.

I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious about things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.

Not that I speak regarding need, for I have learned in what things I am to be content.I know both how to be abased and how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be lacking.

But remember the former days, in which, after being enlightened, ye endured a great contest of sufferings.Partly made a spectacle, both by reviling and afflictions, and partly having become companions of those so treated.For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

LORD is near to all those who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart is fixed, trusting in LORD.

Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement,who encourages us in all our affliction, in order for us to be able to encourage those in every affliction, through the encouragement of which we ourselves are encouraged by God.

I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knows right well.

Thou will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee], because he trusts in thee.

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.

And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.

Thou made known to (LXX/NT) me the path of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance (LXX/NT).

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, Cursed is every man who hangs on a tree.So that the blessing of Abraham might occur for the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide [even] to death.

And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing,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 honor him.

Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.

But now thus says LORD who created thee, O Jacob, and he who formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, Thou are mine.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride

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

Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Through him therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips acknowledging his name.

What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

Thou have dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word.

Do all things without grumblings and arguments,

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou will revive me. Thou will stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.

But LORD has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid, for LORD, [even] LORD, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.

God is faithful through whom ye were called for the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)

For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of soberness.

Thou have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness,to the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in LORD without wavering.Examine me, O LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes forever, even to the end.

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.

Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

And my God will fill your every need according to his wealth in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.

For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

Behold, the eye of LORD is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his loving kindness,

My soul clings to the dust. Enliven thou me according to thy word.

and if thou draw out thy soul to a hungry man, and satisfy an afflicted soul, then thy light shall rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday.And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

LORD is on my side, I will not fear. What can man do to me?LORD is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I shall look upon those who hate me.

having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

I wait for LORD. My soul waits, and in his word do I hope,

And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts.

Only be citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith o

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead,I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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

blessed [are] the people who are in such a case. Blessed are the people whose God is LORD.

Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.

Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.