Bible Verses About Bad Things That Happen to Good People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bad things that happen to good people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,440 votes, led by Romans 8:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bad Things That Happen to Good People
Romans 8:28782 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 5:3-5689 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Jeremiah 29:11550 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
James 1:2-3447 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
John 9:1-41420 votes
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
Revelation 21:4342 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Romans 8:18327 votes
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
1 Corinthians 10:13286 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God 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.
Matthew 5:45255 votes
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Psalms 37:5229 votes
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
John 3:16202 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Isaiah 57:1200 votes
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
John 16:33197 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 John 2:15183 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Psalms 10:1-18177 votes
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalms 13:1-6165 votes
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Romans 3:23142 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Genesis 50:20137 votes
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Romans 6:23119 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalms 23:1-6117 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Luke 18:1999 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Job 14:198 votes
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 73:1-2892 votes
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Romans 5:887 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Revelation 1:187 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
What does the Bible say about bad things that happen to good people?
Readers most often cite Romans 8:28 on the subject of bad things that happen to good people. Across 10,440 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 5:3-5, Jeremiah 29:11, James 1:2-3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.