Bible on Suffering

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

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

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;