Bible Verses About Tribulation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for tribulation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,910 votes, led by John 16:33. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Tribulation
John 16:33181 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.
Matthew 24:21154 votes
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Revelation 3:10109 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:9104 votes
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Daniel 12:197 votes
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Matthew 24:2985 votes
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Romans 12:1281 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Revelation 1:175 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:
Revelation 7:1470 votes
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Proverbs 3:5-669 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Matthew 24:2269 votes
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Romans 8:3568 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Mark 13:1963 votes
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Romans 5:363 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Daniel 9:2461 votes
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel 9:2761 votes
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Deuteronomy 4:3059 votes
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
1 Thessalonians 4:1759 votes
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Revelation 20:4-658 votes
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Mark 13:2456 votes
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
1 Thessalonians 5:255 votes
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Matthew 13:2154 votes
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Matthew 24:1552 votes
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Revelation 2:1052 votes
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 13:552 votes
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
What does the Bible say about tribulation?
Readers most often cite John 16:33 on the subject of tribulation. Across 4,910 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 24:21, Revelation 3:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.