30 Bible Verses about Hardship

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

for which I am suffering even to the point of wearing chains like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Share in hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

That is why, for Christ's sake, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

in beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness, hunger,

I know you have persevered and have endured for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

For a man is approved if, mindful of God, he bears up under pain while suffering unjustly.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."

It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.

If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have troubles in this flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, distresses,

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened;

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.

But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.

for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.