38 Bible Verses about pressure
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Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."
For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
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