The best Bible verses for suffering (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for suffering (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"1 Thessalonians 1:6
"And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"1 Thessalonians 1:6
"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ."2 Corinthians 1:5
"And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. is"2 Corinthians 1:6
"And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation."2 Corinthians 1:7
"Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;"2 Timothy 1:8
"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."2 Timothy 1:12
"Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound."2 Timothy 2:9
"Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me."2 Timothy 3:11
"And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:"Deuteronomy 28:53
"Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory."Ephesians 3:13
"For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."Hebrews 2:10
"But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;"Hebrews 10:32
"Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body."Hebrews 13:3
"And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,"Isaiah 14:3
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. we"Isaiah 53:3
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 (KJV) are 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 1:5, 2 Corinthians 1:6. 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 (KJV) 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 (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.