21 Bible Verses about Trials

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James 1:2-3

Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials; Knowing that the proof of your faith works patience.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brethren, of our pressure having been to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly loaded, above strength, so that we were in utter perplexity even to live: And we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have trusted in ourselves, but in God raising the dead: Who saved us from so great a death, and does save: in whom we have hoped also that he will yet save;

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

And lest I be lifted up by the eminence of Revelation, a thorn in the flesh was given me, a messenger of Satan, that he might cuff me, lest I be lifted up. For this thrice besought I the Lord, that it remove away from me. And he said to me, My grace suffices thee: for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore very willingly will I boast rather in my weaknesses, that Christ's power may lodge upon me.read more.
Therefore am I contented in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities in expulsions, in extremities for Christ: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Matthew 5:10-12

Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens. Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake. Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.

Malachi 3:3

And he sat melting and cleansing silver: and he cleansed the sons of Levi, and he purified them as gold and as silver, and they were to Jehovah bringing near the sacrifice in justice.

1 Peter 1:6-9

By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations: That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: Whom not having seen, ye love; in whom, now not seeing, but believing, ye are transported with joy unalterable, and highly valued:read more.
Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of souls.

Psalm 66:10-12

For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou didst set a heavy burden upon our loins. Thou didst cause men to ride upon our head; we went through fire and through water: and thou wilt bring us forth to abundance.

1 Peter 4:12-16

Dearly beloved, be not astonished at the refining of fire in you, being for trial to you, as a strange thing happening to you: But, inasmuch as ye participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; that also, in the revelation of his glory, ye might rejoice, transported with joy. If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, ye happy; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: by them truly he is defamed, and by you he is praised.read more.
For let not any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or doing evil, or as an inspector, in what pertains to others. And if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him praise God in this portion.

Genesis 22:1

And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I.

Luke 22:28

And ye are they having remained with me in my temptations.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia; That in much proof of pressure the abundance of their joy and their poverty according to depth abounded to the abundance of their simplicity.

1 Thessalonians 3:2-4

And sent Timothy, our brother, and servant of God, and our coworker in the good news of Christ, in order to make you firm, and comfort you for your faith For none to be shaken in these pressures: for ye yourselves know that for this we are placed. For also, when we were with you, we told you before that we were about to be pressed; as also it was, and ye know.

Job 1:7-12

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, From whence wilt thou come? And the adversary will answer Jehovah, and say, From running to and fro in the earth, and from walking about in it. And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil. And the adversary will answer Yehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously?read more.
Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth. But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face. And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold, all that is to him in thy hand: only upon him thou shalt not send. forth thy hand. And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah.

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Trials » Often blessings in disguise

Job 34:31

For he said to God, I was lifted up, I will pervert no more.

Trials » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love

Proverbs 3:11-12

My son, thou shalt not reject the instruction of Jehovah, and thou shalt not loathe upon his reproofs: For whom Jehovah shall love he will rebuke, as a father the son he will delight in.

Hebrews 12:5

And ye have totally forgotten the entreaty which is spoken to you as to sons, My son, neglect not the instruction of the Lord, nor be enervated being rebuked by him:

1 Corinthians 11:32

And being judged, we are corrected of the Lord, lest we be condemned with the world.

Trials » Sometimes prolonged

Psalm 6:3

My soul trembled exceedingly: and thou, O Jehovah, how long?

Psalm 35:17

O Jehovah, how long wilt thou see? Turn back my soul from their destruction, my only one from the lions.

Psalm 80:4

O Jehovah, God of armies, how long didst thou smoke against the prayer of thy people?

Trials » Tribulation, a part of earthly experience

Revelation 2:9

I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary.

Trials » The refining influence of

Zechariah 13:9

And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.

Isaiah 1:25

And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:

Trials » Of ministers and prophets

Ezekiel 24:18

And I shall speak to the people in the morning and my wife will die in the evening and I shall do in the morning as I was commanded.

More verses: 1 Thessalonians 3:3

Trials » From God

Ruth 1:20

And she will say to them, Ye shall not call to me Naomi; call to me, Mara: for the Almighty made bitter to me greatly.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are with me, which their anger drank up my spirit: the terrors of God will be prepared for me.

Job 16:12

I was secure, and he will break me in pieces: and he seized upon my neck and he will disperse me, and he will set me up to him for a mark:

Psalm 66:11

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou didst set a heavy burden upon our loins.

Trials » True believers do not faint under

Hebrews 12:5

And ye have totally forgotten the entreaty which is spoken to you as to sons, My son, neglect not the instruction of the Lord, nor be enervated being rebuked by him:

Ephesians 3:13

Wherefore I desire not to lose courage in my pressures for you, which is your glory.

More verses: Revelation 2:3

Trials » General references to

Exodus 3:7

And Jehovah will say, Seeing, I saw the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I heard their cry from the face of their pressers; and I knew their pains.

Trials » Cup of suffering, saints drink of

Psalm 80:5

Thou gavest them to eat the bread of tears, and thou wilt give them to drink in tears by measure.

John 18:11

Then said Jesus to Peter, Put thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it

Psalm 73:10

For this, his people will turn back here: and full water shall be sucked out to them.

Matthew 20:22

And Jesus having answered, said, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion which I am immersed? They say to him, We can.

More verses: Psalm 102:9

Trials » Waters of affliction

Psalm 69:1

To the overseer upon the lilies; to David. Save me, O God, for the waters came even to the soul.

Psalm 124:4

Then the waters overflowed us, the torrent passed over our soul:

Isaiah 30:20

And Jehovah gave to you the bread of straits and the waters of oppression, and he will no more cover those teaching thee, and thine eyes shall be seeing those teaching thee:

More verses: Jonah 2:5

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