5 Bible Verses about Transient Hardship
Most Relevant Verses
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
But with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Myself again].
So Jacob served [Laban] for seven years for [the right to marry] Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,