138 Bible verses about joy in adversity

My brethren, counte it exceadynge ioye whe ye fall in to diuers temptacions,for as moche as ye knowe, how yt the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience:

Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,paciece bryngeth experiece, experiece bryngeth hope:As for hope, is letteth vs not come to cofusion, because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes, by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs.

in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions:that youre faith once tryed (beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre) might be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ:

For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye, and his pleasure is in life: heuynesse maye well endure for a night, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye,

I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE, his prayse shal euer be in my mouth.

And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficiet for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me.Therfore am I contente in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecucions, in anguysshes for Christes sake: for wha I am weake, the am I stroge.

But sure we are, that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, which are called of purpose.

Reioyse alwaye,praye contynually,in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.

Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south.They that sowe in teeres, shal reape in ioye. He yt now goeth his waye wepige

that I might geue vnto them yt mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet for an heuy mide: That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in.

Wherfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all yt presseth downe, and the synne that hangeth on, and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs,lokynge vnto Iesus ye auctor and fynissher of faith: which whan the ioye was layed before him, abode the crosse, and despysed the shame, and is set downe on ye righte hade of ye trone of God.

Trouble and heuynesse haue take holde vpo me, yet is my delite in thy commaundementes.

Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heuen.Blessed are ye when men reuyle you, and persecute you, and falsly say all manner of yuell saynges against you for my sake.Reioyce and be glad, for greate is youre rewarde in heue.For so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before youre dayes.

Let me go in (o LORDE God)

A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.

This is the daye which the LORDE hath made, let vs reioyse and be glad in it.

When thou wentest in the water, I was by the, that the stroge floudes shulde not pluck ye awaye: When thou walkest in the fyre, it shal not burne ye, and the flame shall not kindle vpon the.

The LORDE is a defence for the poore, a defence in the tyme of trouble.Therfore they yt knowe thy name, put their trust in ye: for thou (LORDE) neuer faylest the, that seke the.

Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ, that whether I comeand in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries, which is to them a token off perdicion, but vnto you of saluacion, and that of God.

Then shal it be sayed amonge the Heithen: the LORDE hath done greate thinges for them.

Why art thou so heuy (o my soule)

Therfore are we not weery, but though or outwarde man be corrupte, yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye.For oure trouble, which is but temporall and lighte, worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of gloryevnto vs, which loke not on the thinges that are sene, but on them which are not sene. For ye thinges which are sene, are temporall: but the thinges that are not sene, are eternall.

Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden, and I wil ease you.Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert,for my yock is easy, and my burden is light.

Neuertheles, thou herdest myne humble prayer, when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE (all ye his sayntes) for the LORDE preserueth the faithfull, and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer. Be stroge therfore

But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,mekenesse, teperaunce, Agaynst soch is not ye lawe:

Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Continue in prayer.

A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

My flesh and my herte fayleth, but God is the strength of my hert, and my porcion for euer.

Neuerthelesse, whe I am afrayed, I put my trust in the.I wil comforte my self in Gods worde, yee I wil hope in God, and not feare: What can flesh then do vnto me?

O let thy mercifull kyndnesse be my comforte, acordinge to the promyse that thou hast made vnto thy seruaunt.

Derely beloued, maruell not at this heate (which is come amoge you to trye you) as though some strauge thinge happened vnto you:but reioyce, in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passios, yt wha his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery

I wayted paciently for the LORDE, which enclyned himself vnto me, and herde my callinge.He brought me out of the horrible pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpo the rocke, and ordred my goinges.He hath put a new songe in my mouth, euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God. Many men seynge this, shal feare the LORDE,

In ye multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte, thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule.

But vnto them that haue the LORDE before their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles wynges shal growe vpon them: When they runne, they shal not fall: and when they go, they shal not be weery.

Yf eny of you be euell vexed, let hi praye. Yf eny of you be mery, let him singe Psalmes.

Reioyse alwaye,

I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) with my whole herte, I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes.I wil be glad

Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes, and be content with that ye haue allready, for he hath sayde: I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the,so that we maye boldely saye: The LORDE is my helper, and I wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me.

But thankes be vnto God , which hath geue vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

The God off hope fyll you wt all ioye and peace in beleuynge, yt ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow ye power of the holy goost.

I can do all thinges thorow Christ, which stregtheth me.

Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self: Euery daye hath ynough of his owne trauayll.

The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shal perish.

Thou art my defence

O put thy trust in God, for I wil yet geue him thankes, for the helpe of his countenauce.

Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre, for his sake that loued vs.

Let vs not be weery of well doynge: for wha the tyme is come, we shal reape without ceassinge.

It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye lerne thy statutes.

I speake not this because of necessite: for I haue lerned in what soeuer estate I am, therwith to be conteteI can be lowe, and I ca be hye. Euery where and in all thinges I am mete, both to be full, and to be hongrie: to haue plentye, and to suffre nede.

But call ye to remebrauce ye dayes yt are past, i ye which after ye had receaued lighte, ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities:partly whyle all me wodredFor ye haue suffred with my bodes, and toke a worth ye spoylinge of youre goodes, and that with gladnes, knowynge in youre selues, how that ye haue in heauen a better

The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him, yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully.

be not afrayde, for I wil be with ye. Lake not behinde ye, for I wil be thy God, to stregth ye, helpe ye,

as sorowynge, and yet allwaye mery: as poore,

Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary, o thou worshipe of Israel.

to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fellishippe of his passion, that I maye be conformable vnto his death,

Yee the LORDE hath done greate thinges for vs allready, wherof we reioyse.

He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges, his herte stondeth fast,

Because therfore that we are iustified by faith, we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christby who also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace, wherin we stonde,

Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of mercy and ye God of all comforte,which comforteth vs in all oure trouble: in so moch yt we are able to comforte them that are in eny maner of trouble, with the same comforte wher with we oure selues are comforted of God.

My bones are not hyd from the, though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneth in the earth.

And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in honde: shalt prouyde for peace, eue the peace yt me hope for in the.

Blessed are they that mourne: for they shalbe coforted.

When so euer I call vpon the, myne enemies are put to flight: wherby I knowe, that thou art my God.

But ye God of all grace, which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu, shal his owne selfe make you perfecte, which suffre a litle season: eue he shal settle, strength, and stablish you.

For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life: thou shalt make me full of ioye wt thy countenaunce. At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

But Christ hath delyuered vs from ye curse of the lawe, whan he became a curse for vs. (For it is wrytte: Cursed is euery man that hangeth on tre)yt the blessynge of Abraham mighte come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu, and yt we might so receaue ye promysed sprete, thorow faith.

For I suppose, that the affliccions off this tyme, are not worthy of ye glorye, which shalbe shewed vpon vs.

For this God is or God for euer

The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfie the desyre of thine hert, and fyl yi bones with marry. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and like the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge.

O LORDE my God, greate are yi wonderous workes which thou hast done:

But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels, that ye power which excelleth might be of God, and not of vs.We are troubled on euery syde, yet are we not without shift. We are in pouertie, but not vtterly without somwhat.We are persecuted, but we are not forsaken. We are oppressed, neuertheles we perish not.

When he calleth vpon me, I shall heare him: yee I am with him in his trouble, wherout I wil delyuer him, and brynge him to honoure.

Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receaue mercy, and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of nede.

and am surely certified of this, yt he which hath begonne that good worke in you, shal go forth with it vntyll ye daye of Iesus Christ:

The LORDE is my stregth,

Bvt now, the LORDE that made the (o Iacob) and he that fashioned the (o Israel) saieth thus: Feare not, for I will defende ye. I haue called ye by thy name, thou art myne owne.

For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke, but righteousnes,

For all that is borne of God, ouercommeth the worlde: and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde, eue oure faith.

Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE,His sede shall be mightie vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull shalbe blessed.

And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE,

Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death, yet I feare no euell, for thou art with me: thy staffe

whom ye haue not sene, and yet loue him: in whom now ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye,

But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,

Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes vnto God the sacrifice of prayse: that is to saye, the frute of those lippes which confesse his name.

What shal we saye then vnto these thinges? Yff God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs.Which spared not his owne sonne, but hath geuen him for vs all: how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also?

O LORDE, thou hast dealt frendly with thy seruaunt, acordinge vnto thy worde.

Do all thinges without murmurynges and disputinges,

Though I walke i ye myddest of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hade vpo the furiousnes of myne enemies,

But the LORDE is my refuge, my God is the stregth of my confidece.

All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

nether heyth, ner loweth, nether eny other creature shalbe able to separate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE.

Beholde, God is my health, in whom I trust, and am not afrayde. For the LORDE God is my strength, and my prayse, he also shalbe my refuge.

For God is faithfull, by who ye are called vnto the fellishippe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure LORDE.

But as for them, thou (o God) shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion.

For God hath not geuen vs the sprete of feare, but of power, and of loue, and of right vnderstondynge.

Hear (O LORDE) and haue mercy vpon me: LORDE be thou my helper.And so thou hast turned my heuynesse into ioye: thou hast put of my sack cloth,

Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

Be thou my iudge (O LORDE) for I walke innocently: my trust is in the LORDE, therfore shall I not fall.Examen me O LORDE, and proue me: trie out my reynes and my hert.

But brethre, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden, and I wil ease you.

I applye myne herte to fulfill thy statutes all waye, euen vnto the ende.

Why art thou so heuy (o my soule)

O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, and stablish me with thy fre sprete.

There hath yet no teptacion ouertaken you, but soch as foloweth the nature of man. Neuertheles God is faithfull, which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength, but shal in the myddes of ye temptacion make a waye to come out, that ye maye beare it.

lokynge vnto Iesus ye auctor and fynissher of faith: which whan the ioye was layed before him, abode the crosse, and despysed the shame, and is set downe on ye righte hade of ye trone of God.

For synne shal not haue power ouer you, in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace.

Blessed are ye men whose stregth is in ye, in whose herte are yt wayes.

My God fulfyll all yor nede, acordinge to his riches in glory i Christ Iesu.

Litle children, ye are off God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde.

Sela But thou (o LORDE) art my defender, my worshipe, ad the lifter vp of my heade.

For all the promyses of God are yee in him,

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer.

Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

Beholde, the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him,

My soule cleueth to the dust, O quicken thou me acordinge to thy worde.

yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie, and refre?shest ye troubled soule: Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone daye.The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfie the desyre of thine hert, and fyl yi bones with marry. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and like the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge.

Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south.

in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.

For wicked doers shal be roted out, but they that pacietly abyde the LORDE, shal enheret the londe.Suffre yet a litle whyle,But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth,

As for vs, we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion: but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule.

Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,

but that he geueth strength vnto the weery, and power vnto the faynte?Children are weery and faynt, and the strongest men fall:But vnto them that haue the LORDE before their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles wynges shal growe vpon them: When they runne, they shal not fall: and when they go, they shal not be weery.

The LORDE is my helper, I wil not feare what man doeth vnto me.The LORDE is my helper,

Cast all youre care on him, for he careth for you.

I loke for the LORDE, my soule doth wayte for him, and in his worde is my trust.

But they that are Christes, haue crucified their flesh, with the lustes and desyres.

Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ, that whether I come

Euen there also shal thy honde lede me, and thy right hande shal holde me.Yf I saye: peradueture the darcknesse shal couer me, then shal my night be turned to daye.

Therfore yf eny man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Olde thinges are past awaye, beholde, all are become new.

I wayted paciently for the LORDE, which enclyned himself vnto me, and herde my callinge.He brought me out of the horrible pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpo the rocke, and ordred my goinges.

Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before,

My delite shalbe in thy commaundementes, which I loue.

Happie are the people that be in soch a case: yee blessed are the people, which haue the LORDE for their God.

Put thy trust in ye LORDE with all thine herte, and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge.In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges.

O tary thou ye LORDES leysure, be stronge, let thine hert be of good comforte, and wayte thou still for the LORDE.

Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.