35 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Consolation During

May the God of patience and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.

I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

"But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their edification and encouragement and comfort.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

"Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

"If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful even until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God;

I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will hunger no more, nor thirst anymore; the sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat.read more.
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them."