48 Bible verses about Pain

I know you go through times of pain and sadness. It's okay to feel that way; it's not bad or sinful. Even Jesus wept when he heard his friend Lazarus had died (John 11:35).

It's important to talk to God about how you're feeling when you're down. He wants to hear from you. In the scriptures, there's so much peace and restoration to be found. Those times of heartache and pain can actually be used for good, for your own good and for the good of others who need to see that there's still hope even in the midst of the storms of life.

Let God be your safe place, your refuge when things get tough. You'll see how His love strengthens you. Don't look anywhere else for comfort; it's only in Jesus' arms that you'll find the peace your soul needs. His comfort revives your spirit and gives you the strength to keep going. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning with Jesus.

Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation); yea, I would exult in chilah (pain); let him not spare; for I have not concealed the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One).

Many sorrows shall be to the resha'im, but he that trusteth in Hashem, chesed shall envelop and cover him.

And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall not be any longer Mavet, nor Avelut nor weeping nor pain; the former things have passed away.”

Ashrey are you when they reproach you and persecute you and speak all kinds of lashon horah against you, speaking sheker (falsehood, lies) because of me.Have simcha (joy) and lev sameach (glad heart), for your sachar (reward) is great in Shomayim, for thus they persecuted the Neviim before you.

Ye that fear Hashem, praise Him; all ye Zera Ya'akov, give Him kavod; and fear Him, all ye Zera Yisroel.

Thou hast estranged mine acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me to'evot unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot escape.

My yeladim, for whom again I suffer chevlei leydah (birth pains) until Moshiach is formed in you,

The tzaddikim cry, and Hashem heareth, and delivereth them out of all their tzoros.

Baruch hu Hashem Elohim Avi of Adoneinu Yehoshua HaMoshiach, Avi HaRachamim vaElohei kol nechamah (comfort),The one giving us chizzuk (strengthening) with respect to all our tzoros so as to enable us to give chizzuk to the ones experiencing tzoros, and that through the nechamah (comfort) by which we ourselves are comforted by Hashem.

Thy Devarim were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Davar was unto me the sasson and simchat levavi; for I am called by Thy Shem, Hashem Elohei Tzva'os.

Ashrey are the AVELIM (the ones mourning), for they will be comforted.

and he said) 1I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.

For I reckon that the yisurim (suffering) of zman hazeh (of this present time) are not to be compared with the coming kavod (glory) to be revealed in us.

These things I have spoken to you that in me you may have shalom. In the Olam Hazeh you have tribulation; but have lev same'ach. I have conquered the Olam Hazeh.

Now the Elohei Kol Chen v'Chesed (the G-d of all Grace), the one having bestowed upon you the kri'ah (calling) into His eternal kavod in Moshiach Yehoshua, after you have suffered tzoros for a little while, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

For the agmat nefesh that is according to Hashem produces teshuva to Yeshu'at Eloheinu, not to be regretted, but the agmat nefesh of the Olam Hazeh produces mavet.

And the shalom Hashem, surpassing all binah (understanding), will guard your levavot and your machshavot (thoughts) in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

Sing unto Hashem, O ye chasidim of His, and give thanks to His Zekher Kodesh.

Surely he hath borne our sufferings, and nasah (carried) our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of G-d, and afflicted.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the choice foods, and drink the sweet things, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is kadosh unto Adoneinu; neither be ye grieving; for the chedvah (joy) of Hashem is your strength.

Come to me, all you who are burden-weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabbos menuchah.Take my ol (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am anav (humble) and have shiflut (lowliness) in lev (heart), and you will find menuchah (rest, security) for your nefashot (souls).They asked him, Tell us. Are you Hu Habah (He who comes) or is our chikiah (wait) to be for the Bias (Coming) of another?For my ol (yoke) is easy and my burden is light.

I, even I, am He that comforteth you. Who art thou, that thou shouldest fear enosh that shall die, and ben adam which shall be made as khatzir (grass);

He is the Rofeh (healer) of the Shevurei-lev (broken in heart), binds up their wounds.

There shall not any ish be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moshe, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom, neither shall grape be on the gefen; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no okhel; the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls;Yet I will rejoice in Hashem, I will joy in the G-d of my salvation.

Yea, though I walk through the Gey Tzalmavet (Valley of the Shadow of Death), I will fear no rah (evil); for Thou art with me; Thy shevet (rod) and Thy staff they comfort me.

All musar for the moment seems not to be na'im (pleasant), but seems to bring agmat nefesh; yet afterwards to those who have been taught by musar, it yields the p'ri haShalom and the p'ri haTzedek.

The resha'im shall be turned into Sheol, and all the Goyim that forget Elohim.

As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones), mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me; while they say all day long unto me, Where is Eloheicha?

For our present momentary tzoros is preparing us for an eternal weight of kavod (glory) utterly beyond measure,

Not only so, but we also glory in tzoros (troubles, afflictions), knowing that tzarah (trouble) produces savlanut (patience),Savlanut produces tested character and midos, and tested character and midos produce tikvah.And tikvah does not in the end lead to our being meyayesh (despairing) in disillusionment and bushah (shame), because the Ahavas Hashem (G-dʼs love) has been poured out in our levavot through the Ruach Hakodesh given to us.

But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the rov chasadav (the multitude of His mercies).For He doth not afflict willingly nor bring grief to Bnei Ish.

For there is tikveh of an etz, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Join in simcha with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Adam that is born of isha is of few yamim and full of rogez (unrest).But gever dieth, and wasteth away; yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he?As the mayim flow away from the yam, and the nahar (stream) becomes parched and drieth up,So ish lieth down, and riseth not, till Shomayim be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.O that Thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldest conceal me until Thy wrath has passed, that Thou wouldest appoint me a chok (set time), and remember me!If a gever die, shall he live again? All the days of my tzava (hard army service) will I wait, till my chalifah (changing, renewal) come.Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt have a desire for the ma'aseh (work) of Thine hands.For now Thou countest my steps. Dost Thou not watch over my chattat?My peysha is sealed up in a bag, and Thou would cover over mine avon.And surely the har (mountain) falling crumbles, and the tzur (rock) is moved out of its place.The mayim wear away the avanim; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the aphar aretz; and Thou destroyest the tikvat enosh.He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.

Have simcha always.Daven unceasingly.In everything offer hodayah, for this is the ratzon Hashem in Moshiach Yehoshua for you.

My flesh and my levav may fail; but Elohim is the Tzur of my levav, and my chelek l'olam.

This is my comfort in my oni (affliction); for Thy word hath revived me.

The lev knoweth its own bitterness, and a zar (stranger) doth not share its simchah.

Also all the ones wanting to live as chasidim in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua will be persecuted,

The Ruach of Adonoi Hashem is upon me, because Hashem mashach (hath anointed) me to preach besurah (good news, glad tidings) unto the anavim (meek, poor, oppressed); He hath sent me to bind up the nishberei lev (the brokenhearted), to proclaim deror (freedom, liberty) for the shevuyim ([Golus] captives), and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his lev; his devarim were softer than shemen, yet they were drawn swords.

It is tov for me that I have been afflicted l'ma'an (in order that) I might learn Thy chukkim.

Bear one anotherʼs burdens and thus you will fulfill the Torah of Moshiach.

No nissayon (temptation) has overtaken you, except that which is common to Bnei Adam, but, Hashem is ne'eman (faithful), who will not let you to be brought into nissayon beyond what you are able, but will make with the nissayon also the derech [Tzaddikim] as a way out for you to be able to endure.

But Adoneinu stood with me, and empowered me, that through me the hachrazah (proclamation, kerygma) of the Besuras HaGeulah might be fully preached and all the Nations might hear it. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.Hashem will rescue me from every evil work and thus will bring me safely into his Malchut HaShomayim. Lo haKavod l'olam va'ed. Omein.

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