Quotes about Adversity
The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
— Job 30:12
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
— Job 30:15
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
— Job 30:19
You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
— Job 30:21
You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
— Job 30:22
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
— Job 30:26
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
— Job 31:23
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
— Job 31:40
He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
— Job 33:11
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
— Job 34:36
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
— Job 36:8
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
— Job 42:11