10 Encouraging Bible Verses for Hard Times

Scriptures for Difficult Times

Josh Wiley
The Bible is a great guide for the Christian life. Are you struggling through a situation that seems overwhelming today? Read these Bible Verses for Hard Times to help to comfort and encourage you. Let God be your strength and feel the peace and hope come over your heart. Please read through these Bible Verses slowly and let them find a place in your heart. Feel free to use this list for memorizing, a devotional, or a Bible Study. Please add any other comforting scriptures for hard times to the comments of this article so this may be an even better resource to those that find it.

10 Encouraging Bible Verses For Hard Times

Isaiah 41:10

'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

Psalm 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

Philippians 4:19

And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-8

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 'And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. "For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.

Psalm 9:9-10

The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble, And those who know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; For Thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek Thee.

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. "For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

I pray that these Bible Verses for comfort in Hard Times were what you were needing.

Source:

The Holy Bible, New American Standard Bible

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  • Happy Thanks Giving.In Christ Jesus. Manuel Romer11/25/2010

    Isaiah 30:20,21,22
    And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more. but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "this is the way,walk in it, when you turn to the right or to the left. Then you will defile all your graven images, plated with gold and silver and you will scatter them as an unclean thing, and say to them be gone. And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain,the produce of the ground will be rich and plenteous.

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