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138 Bible verses about joy in adversity
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of Elohim.Therefore put away all filthiness and overflow of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your lives.And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.Because 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 he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what he was like.But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless.Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.knowing that the proving of your belief works endurance.
And not only this, but we also exult in pressures, knowing that pressure works endurance;and endurance, approvedness; and approvedness, expectation.And expectation does not disappoint, because the love of Elohim has been poured out in our hearts by the Set-apart Spirit which was given to us.
in which you exult, even though for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by manifold trials,in order that the proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire – might be found to result in praise and respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,
For His displeasure is for a moment, His delight is for life; Weeping might last for the night, But joy comes in the morning.
And we know that all matters work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the desire of Elohim in Messiah יהושע for you.
Those sowing in tears, shall reap with songs of joy.He who goes on and weeps, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall indeed come in with rejoicing, Bearing his sheaves.
to appoint unto those who mourn in Tsiyon: to give them embellishment for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called trees of righteousness, a planting of יהוה, to be adorned.
We too, then, having so great a cloud of witnesses all around us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race set before us,For they indeed disciplined us for a few days as seemed best to them, but He does it for our profit, so that we might share His apartness.And indeed, no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but grievous, but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.So, strengthen the hands which hang down and the weak knees,and make straight paths for your feet, lest the lame be turned aside, but instead, to be healed.Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness without which no one shall see the Master.See to it that no one falls short of the favour of Elohim, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by which many become defiled,lest there be anyone who whores, or profane one, like Ěsaw, who for a single meal sold his birthright.For you know that afterward, when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it with tears.For you have not drawn near to a mountain touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness and storm,and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that no further Word should be spoken to them,looking to the Prince and Perfecter of our belief, יהושע, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the stake, having despised the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.
Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness’ sake, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.“Blessed are you when they reproach and persecute you, and falsely say every wicked word against you, for My sake.Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in the heavens is great. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
being empowered with all power, according to the might of His esteem, for all endurance and patience with joy,
“When you pass through the waters, I am with you; and through rivers, they do not overflow you. When you walk through fire, you are not scorched, and a flame does not burn you.
Only, behave yourselves worthily of the Good News of Messiah, in order that whether I come and see you or am absent, I hear about you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one being, striving together for the belief of the Good News,without being frightened in any way by those who oppose, which to them truly is a proof of destruction, but to you of deliverance, and that from Elohim.
Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outward man is perishing, the inward man is being renewed day by day.For this slight momentary pressure is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of esteem.We are not looking on what is seen, but on what is not seen. For what is seen passes away, but what is not seen is everlasting.
“Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I shall give you rest.“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your beingsand said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”“For My yoke is gentle and My burden is light.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.
My flesh and my heart shall waste away, But Elohim is the rock of my heart And my portion forever.
In the day I am afraid, I trust in You.In Elohim, whose Word I praise, In Elohim I have trusted; I do not fear; What could flesh do to me?
Please let Your loving-commitment be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.
Beloved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that is coming upon you, to try you, as though some unusual matter has befallen you,but as you share Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice, in order that you might rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His esteem.
I waited, waited for יהוה; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry.I did not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your trustworthiness and Your deliverance; I did not hide Your loving-commitment and Your truth From the great assembly.Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O יהוה; Let Your loving-commitment and Your truth always watch over me.For evils without number have surrounded me; My crookednesses have overtaken me, And I have been unable to see; They became more than the hairs of my head; And my heart has failed me.Be pleased, O יהוה, to deliver me; O יהוה, hasten to help me!Let those who seek to destroy my life Be ashamed and abashed altogether; Let those who are desiring my evil Be driven back and put to shame.Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” Be appalled at their own shame.Let all those who seek You Rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your deliverance always say, “יהוה be exalted!”But I am poor and needy; Let יהוה think upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my Elohim, do not delay!And He drew me Out of the pit of destruction, Out of the muddy clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, He is establishing my steps.Then He put a new song in my mouth; Praise to our Elohim; Many do see it and fear, And trust in יהוה.
but those who wait on יהוה renew their strength, they raise up the wing like eagles, they run and are not weary, they walk and do not faint.
Is any of you suffering evil? Let him pray. Is anyone in good spirits? Let him sing psalms.
Aleph I praise You, O יהוה, with all my heart; I declare all Your wonders.And those who know Your Name trust in You, For You have not forsaken those who seek You, O יהוה.Zayin Sing praises to יהוה, who dwells in Tsiyon! Declare His deeds among the peoples.For He remembers the seekers of bloodshed, He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.Ḥet Show favour to me, O יהוה! See my affliction by those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,So that I declare all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Tsiyon. I rejoice in Your deliverance.Tet The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.יהוה has made Himself known, He has done right-ruling; The wrong is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.Yod The wrong return to She’ol, All the nations that forget Elohim.Kaph For the needy is not always forgotten; Neither the expectancy of the poor lost forever.Arise, O יהוה, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before Your face.I rejoice and exult in You; I sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.
Let your way of life be without the love of silver, and be satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, “I shall never leave you nor forsake you,”so that we boldly say, “יהוה is my helper, I shall not fear what man shall do to me.”
But thanks to Elohim who gives us the overcoming through our Master יהושע Messiah.
And the Elohim of expectation fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you overflow with expectation by the power of the Set-apart Spirit.
“Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself.
Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, For the deliverance of His face!
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not grow weary.
Not that I speak concerning need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.I know what it is to be humbled, and I know what it is to have in excess. In any and every situation I have learned both to be filled, and to be hungry, both to have in excess, and to be in need.
But remember the former days, when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings.On the one hand you were exposed to reproaches and pressures, and on the other hand you became sharers with those who were so treated,for you sympathised with me in my chains, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have a better and a lasting possession for yourselves in the heavens.
Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not look around, for I am your Elohim. I shall fortify you, I shall also help you, I shall also uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.’
as sad, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having none, and yet possessing all.
to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Therefore, having been declared right by belief, we have peace with Elohim through our Master יהושע Messiah,For if, being enemies, we were restored to favour with Elohim through the death of His Son, much more, having been restored to favour, we shall be saved by His life.And not only this, but we also exult in Elohim through our Master יהושע Messiah, through whom we have now received the restoration to favour.For this reason, even as through one man sin did enter into the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned –for until the Torah, sin was in the world, but sin is not reckoned when there is no Torah.But death reigned from Aḏam until Mosheh, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Aḏam, who is a type of Him who was to come.But the favourable gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass many died, much more the favour of Elohim, and the gift in favour of the one Man, יהושע Messiah, overflowed to many.And the favourable gift is not as by one having sinned. For indeed the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the favourable gift is of many trespasses unto righteousness.For if by the trespass of the one, death did reign through the one, much more those who receive the overflowing favour and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the One, יהושע Messiah.So then, as through one trespass there resulted condemnation to all men, so also through one righteous act there resulted righteous-declaring of life to all men.For as through the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One many shall be made righteous.through whom also we have access by belief into this favour in which we stand, and we exult in the expectation of the esteem of Elohim.
Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, the Father of compassion and Elohim of all comfort,who is comforting us in all our pressure, enabling us to comfort those who are in every pressure, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by Elohim.
I give thanks to You, For I am awesomely and wondrously made! Wondrous are Your works, And my being knows it well.
And the Elohim of all favour, who called you to His everlasting esteem by Messiah יהושע, after you have suffered a while, Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.
Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.” –in order that the blessing of Aḇraham might come upon the nations in Messiah יהושע, to receive the promise of the Spirit through belief.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the esteem that is to be revealed in us.
“Then יהוה would guide you continually, and satisfy your being in drought, and strengthen your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
O יהוה my Elohim, many are the wonders Which You have done, and Your purposes toward us; There is no one to compare with You; I declare and speak: They are too many to be numbered.
And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power might be of Elohim, and not of us –being hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; being perplexed, but not in despair;being persecuted, but not forsaken; being thrown down, but not destroyed;
When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him.”
Therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of favour, in order to receive compassion, and find favour for timely help.
being persuaded of this, that He who has begun a good work in you shall perfect it until the day of יהושע Messiah.
But now, thus said יהוה, your Creator, O Ya‛aqoḇ, and He who formed you, O Yisra’ĕl, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name, you are Mine.
For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.
because everyone having been born of Elohim overcomes the world. And this is the overcoming that has overcome the world: our belief.
Aleph Praise Yah! Blessed is the man, Who fears יהוה, Bĕt Who has greatly delighted in His commands.Rĕsh The wrong one sees it and shall be vexed; Shin He gnashes his teeth and shall melt. Taw The desire of the wrong ones does perish.Gimel Mighty in the earth shall be his seed, Dalet The generation of the straight ones shall be blessed.
I greatly rejoice in יהוה, my being exults in my Elohim. For He has put garments of deliverance on me, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
When 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.
whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a slaughter offering of praise to Elohim, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His Name.
What then shall we say to this? If Elohim is for us, who is against us?Truly, He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up on behalf of us all – how shall He not, along with Him, freely give us all else?
Though I walk in the midst of distress, You revive me; You stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand saves me.
nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim which is in Messiah יהושע our Master.
“See, Ěl is my deliverance, I trust and am not afraid. For Yah, יהוה, is my strength and my song; and He has become my deliverance.”
Elohim is trustworthy, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, יהושע Messiah our Master.
Cast your burden on יהוה, And let Him sustain you; He never allows the righteous to be shaken.
For Elohim has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,So that esteem might praise You and not be silent. O יהוה my Elohim, I thank You forever.
Beloved, do not revenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay,” says יהוה.
Rule me rightly, O יהוה, For I have walked in my integrity. And I have trusted in יהוה, without wavering.In whose hands is a plot, And their right hand is filled with bribes.But as for me, I walk in my integrity; Redeem me and show me favour.My foot shall stand on a level place; In the assemblies I bless יהוה.Examine me, O יהוה, and prove me; Try my kidneys and my heart.
For you, brothers, have been called to freedom, only do not use freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.
No trial has overtaken you except such as is common to man, and Elohim is trustworthy, who shall not allow you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial shall also make the way of escape, enabling you to bear it.
looking to the Prince and Perfecter of our belief, יהושע, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the stake, having despised the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.
And my Elohim shall fill all your need according to His riches in esteem by Messiah יהושע.
You are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
For as many promises as are of Elohim, in Him they are Yes, and in Him Amĕn, to the esteem of Elohim through us.
See, the eye of יהוה is on those fearing Him, On those waiting for His loving-commitment,
if you extend your being to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted being, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness be as noon.“Then יהוה would guide you continually, and satisfy your being in drought, and strengthen your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the desire of Elohim in Messiah יהושע for you.
But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.
He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might He increases strength.The voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of יהוה; make straight in the desert a highway for our Elohim.Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men stumble and fall,but those who wait on יהוה renew their strength, they raise up the wing like eagles, they run and are not weary, they walk and do not faint.
יהוה is on my side; I do not fear what man does to me!יהוה is for me among those helping me; Therefore I look on those hating me.
And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires.
Only, behave yourselves worthily of the Good News of Messiah, in order that whether I come and see you or am absent, I hear about you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one being, striving together for the belief of the Good News,
Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah, he is a renewed creature – the old matters have passed away, see, all matters have become renewed!
I waited, waited for יהוה; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry.I did not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your trustworthiness and Your deliverance; I did not hide Your loving-commitment and Your truth From the great assembly.Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O יהוה; Let Your loving-commitment and Your truth always watch over me.For evils without number have surrounded me; My crookednesses have overtaken me, And I have been unable to see; They became more than the hairs of my head; And my heart has failed me.Be pleased, O יהוה, to deliver me; O יהוה, hasten to help me!Let those who seek to destroy my life Be ashamed and abashed altogether; Let those who are desiring my evil Be driven back and put to shame.Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” Be appalled at their own shame.Let all those who seek You Rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your deliverance always say, “יהוה be exalted!”But I am poor and needy; Let יהוה think upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my Elohim, do not delay!And He drew me Out of the pit of destruction, Out of the muddy clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, He is establishing my steps.
Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold of it yet, but only this: forgetting what is behind and reaching out for what lies ahead,I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of Elohim in Messiah יהושע.
Trust in יהוה with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;Know Him in all your ways, And He makes all your paths straight.