Quotes about Suffering
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
— Habakkuk 1:2
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
— Habakkuk 1:3
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
— Habakkuk 3:17
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
— Matthew 4:24
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
— Matthew 5:10
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
— Matthew 5:11
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
— Matthew 8:6
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
— Matthew 8:20
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
— Matthew 10:21
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
— Matthew 10:22
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
— Matthew 10:38
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
— Matthew 13:42