Sacred Concord

Bible on Suffering

362 passages in the Bible address suffering, in the King James Version translation.

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 55:22 · Bible · Psalms
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Psalms 90:15 · Bible · Psalms
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15 · Bible · Proverbs
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah 29:2 · Bible · Isaiah
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Luke 9:59 · Bible · Luke
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:28 · Bible · Luke
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Acts 7:24 · Bible · Acts
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Romans 2:9 · Bible · Romans
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Timothy 2:12 · Bible · 1 Timothy
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job 34:28 · Bible · Job
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:3 · Bible · Proverbs
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4 · Bible · Isaiah
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Nahum 1:9 · Bible · Nahum
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Matthew 8:31 · Bible · Matthew
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Acts 5:41 · Bible · Acts
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Hebrews 13:22 · Bible · Hebrews
But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1 Peter 3:14 · Bible · 1 Peter
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
1 Peter 3:17 · Bible · 1 Peter
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1 Peter 4:16 · Bible · 1 Peter
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exodus 1:12 · Bible · Exodus
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus 22:16 · Bible · Leviticus
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles 33:12 · Bible · 2 Chronicles
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms 88:9 · Bible · Psalms
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 8:22 · Bible · Isaiah
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos 6:6 · Bible · Amos
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:14 · Bible · Matthew
And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Luke 13:2 · Bible · Luke
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Acts 7:11 · Bible · Acts
If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
1 Corinthians 3:15 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 4:17 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Galatians 5:11 · Bible · Galatians
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Hebrews 13:3 · Bible · Hebrews
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1 Peter 2:21 · Bible · 1 Peter
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
1 Peter 2:23 · Bible · 1 Peter
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 41:52 · Bible · Genesis
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Exodus 6:9 · Bible · Exodus
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Leviticus 19:17 · Bible · Leviticus
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 23:29 · Bible · Leviticus
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Judges 1:34 · Bible · Judges
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mark 5:26 · Bible · Mark
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Luke 9:41 · Bible · Luke
But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Acts 3:18 · Bible · Acts
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:35 · Bible · Romans
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
1 Corinthians 7:26 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 · Bible · 1 Thessalonians
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Judges 10:16 · Bible · Judges
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
2 Samuel 16:12 · Bible · 2 Samuel
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalms 101:5 · Bible · Psalms
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah 54:11 · Bible · Isaiah
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 6:24 · Bible · Jeremiah
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:12 · Bible · Zephaniah
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Luke 24:46 · Bible · Luke
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 Corinthians 8:2 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Philippians 1:29 · Bible · Philippians
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Revelation 18:15 · Bible · Revelation
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:11 · Bible · Job
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Hosea 5:15 · Bible · Hosea
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Matthew 24:9 · Bible · Matthew
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
Mark 9:19 · Bible · Mark
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
2 Corinthians 11:25 · Bible · 2 Corinthians
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