Bible on Suffering

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.