Bible Verses About Adversity

"I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

Philippians 4:12-13

"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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

2 Corinthians 12:9

"If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small."

Proverbs 24:10

"So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

Proverbs 3:4-6

"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;"

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Romans 12:2

"So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding."

Proverbs 3:4-5

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."

Romans 8:28

"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins."

Isaiah 40:2

"I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things."

Isaiah 45:7

"And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died."

1 Kings 16:18

"And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment."

Hebrews 9:27

"The last enemy to be destroyed is death."

1 Corinthians 15:26

"But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting."

Acts 9:1-20

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."

Romans 12:1