Bible Cross References
Many
Psalm 71:20
You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.
Job 5:19
Time after time he will save you from harm;
Job 30:9-31
9
Now they come and laugh at me; I am nothing but a joke to them.
10
They treat me with disgust; they think they are too good for me, and even come and spit in my face.
11
Because God has made me weak and helpless, they turn against me with all their fury.
12
This mob attacks me head-on; they send me running; they prepare their final assault.
13
They cut off my escape and try to destroy me; and there is no one to stop them.
14
They pour through the holes in my defenses and come crashing down on top of me;
15
I am overcome with terror; my dignity is gone like a puff of wind, and my prosperity like a cloud.
16
Now I am about to die; there is no relief for my suffering.
17
At night my bones all ache; the pain that gnaws me never stops.
18
God seizes me by my collar and twists my clothes out of shape.
19
He throws me down in the mud; I am no better than dirt.
20
I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.
21
You are treating me cruelly; you persecute me with all your power.
22
You let the wind blow me away; you toss me about in a raging storm.
23
I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.
24
Why do you attack a ruined man, one who can do nothing but beg for pity?
25
Didn't I weep with people in trouble and feel sorry for those in need?
26
I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.
27
I am torn apart by worry and pain; I have had day after day of suffering.
28
I go about in gloom, without any sunshine; I stand up in public and plead for help.
29
My voice is as sad and lonely as the cries of a jackal or an ostrich.
30
My skin has turned dark; I am burning with fever.
31
Where once I heard joyful music, now I hear only mourning and weeping.
Job 42:12
The LORD blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys.
Proverbs 24:16
No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.
John 16:33
I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!"
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
7
Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.
8
We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;
9
there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.
10
At all times we carry in our mortal bodies the death of Jesus, so that his life also may be seen in our bodies.
11
Throughout our lives we are always in danger of death for Jesus' sake, in order that his life may be seen in this mortal body of ours.
12
This means that death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
2 Corinthians 4:17-12
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
23
Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.
24
Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
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three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
26
In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
27
There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that none of you should turn back because of these persecutions. You yourselves know that such persecutions are part of God's will for us.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
For while we were still with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to be persecuted; and as you well know, that is exactly what happened.
2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all.
2 Timothy 3:12
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;
Hebrews 11:33-38
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Through faith they fought whole countries and won. They did what was right and received what God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions,
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put out fierce fires, escaped being killed by the sword. They were weak, but became strong; they were mighty in battle and defeated the armies of foreigners.
35
Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life. Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life.
36
Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.
37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats---poor, persecuted, and mistreated.
38
The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.
James 5:10
My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering.
James 5:11
We call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's patience, and you know how the Lord provided for him in the end. For the Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
1 Peter 4:12
My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:13
Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.
Revelation 7:14-17
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"I don't know, sir. You do," I answered. He said to me, "These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.
15
That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.
16
Never again will they hunger or thirst; neither sun nor any scorching heat will burn them,
17
because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
but
Psalm 34:6
The helpless call to him, and he answers; he saves them from all their troubles.
Psalm 34:17
The righteous call to the LORD, and he listens; he rescues them from all their troubles.