Bible Verses About Hardships
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hardships, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,152 votes, led by James 1:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hardships
James 1:12271 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Romans 5:3-5225 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Philippians 4:13145 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Romans 8:35-39138 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
James 1:2-493 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2 Corinthians 12:9-1090 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Matthew 11:2872 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Joshua 1:970 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
2 Timothy 2:1250 votes
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Hosea 6:149 votes
Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Revelation 3:1044 votes
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Acts 14:2241 votes
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 1:440 votes
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians 6:4-837 votes
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Romans 8:2836 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.
Hebrews 12:736 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Romans 8:1835 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 10:1335 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.
Revelation 2:335 votes
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Romans 8:3533 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
2 Timothy 4:533 votes
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
1 Peter 4:12-1331 votes
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Genesis 31:4228 votes
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Romans 6:2328 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Job 5:625 votes
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
What does the Bible say about hardships?
Readers most often cite James 1:12 on the subject of hardships. Across 2,152 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 5:3-5, Philippians 4:13, Romans 8:35-39. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.