The best Bible verses for suffering short include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for suffering short, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory."Ephesians 3:13
"I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory."Ephesians 3:13
"Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering."Hebrews 10:32
"Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering."Hebrews 13:3
"Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord."James 5:10
"Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering."Mark 5:29
"He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”"Mark 5:34
"“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water."Matthew 17:15
"I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,"Philippians 3:10
"at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger."Psalms 55:3
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;"Romans 5:3
Length decides almost everything here. A verse that reads beautifully on a page can be unreadable once it is set in a small typeface, wrapped around a curve, or cropped to a square. The 15 verses below were chosen for brevity first — most run under a dozen words — so they stay legible at the size you will actually use them.
Self-contained meaning matters just as much. "Do not be anxious about anything" carries its full sense alone; a verse that opens with "Therefore" or "But" does not, and it will read as a fragment to anyone who encounters it without the surrounding passage. Every verse here stands on its own.
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The most-cited Bible verses for suffering short are Ephesians 3:13, 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 short 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 short, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.