The best Bible verses for suffering (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for suffering (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him."Romans 8:17
"and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him."Romans 8:17
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."Romans 8:18
"And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."1 Peter 5:10
"inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories."1 Peter 1:11
"For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly."1 Peter 2:19
"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you."1 Peter 4:12
"But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed."1 Peter 4:13
"And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,"1 Thessalonians 1:6
"For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too."2 Corinthians 1:5
"If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer."2 Corinthians 1:6
"Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort."2 Corinthians 1:7
"Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,"2 Timothy 1:8
"which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me."2 Timothy 1:12
"for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!"2 Timothy 2:9
"my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra — which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me."2 Timothy 3:11
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for suffering (ESV) are Romans 8:17, Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 5:10. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to suffering (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for suffering (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.