The best Bible verses for suffering (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for suffering (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory."Hebrews 2:10
"It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory."Hebrews 2:10
"Regard prisoners as if you were in prison with them. Look on victims of abuse as if what happened to them had happened to you."Hebrews 13:3
"When God has given you time to recover from the abuse and trouble and harsh servitude that you had to endure,"Isaiah 14:3
"He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. One look at him and people turned away. We looked down on him, thought he was scum."Isaiah 53:3
"Out of that terrible travail of soul, he'll see that it's worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many "righteous ones," as he himself carries the burden of their sins."Isaiah 53:11
"Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God."James 5:10
"You know where I am, God! Remember what I'm doing here! Take my side against my detractors. Don't stand back while they ruin me. Just look at the abuse I'm taking!"Jeremiah 15:15
""And you passersby, look at me! Have you ever seen anything like this? Ever seen pain like my pain, seen what he did to me, what God did to me in his rage?"Lamentations 1:12
""God has right on his side. I'm the one who did wrong. Listen everybody! Look at what I'm going through! My fair young women, my fine young men, all herded into exile!"Lamentations 1:18
"He left the meeting place and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was running a high fever and they asked him to do something for her."Luke 4:38
"The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with."Mark 5:29
"Jesus said to her, "Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague.""Mark 5:34
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 (MSG) are Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 10:32, Hebrews 13:3. 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 (MSG) 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 (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.