29 Bible Verses about Life Struggles

O wretched man, I! who shall pluck me from the body of this death?

experiencing the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.

and patience, proof; and proof, hope;

As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.

for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.

Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.

holding up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy to be placed against the future glory that shall be revealed to us.

But if thou shouldst marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; though such will have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

knowing that the proof of your faith produceth patience.

who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we might be able to comfort those who are in all tribulation, by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

Wherein ye exult, though yet for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through various trials:

But remember the past days in which, after ye had been illuminated, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;

For therefore do we labour and are exposed to abuse, because we have hoped in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

but I see another law in my members, militating against the law in my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin which is in my members.

For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

For that which I am doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do.

For I do not the good which I wish: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the flesh hath appetites contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these act in opposition the one to the other: so that ye do not the things which ye would.

I find then a law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is presented to me.

For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.

Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

For I know that there dwelleth not in me (that is, in my flesh) any good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Now then no more I do this, but sin dwelling in me.

For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory;

For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings; within were fears.

For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake;

And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;