20 Bible Verses about

Hard Times

Romans 16:6 BSB

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

Psalm 118:13 BSB

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

Psalm 107:12 BSB

He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Proverbs 13:11 BSB

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Luke 18:24 BSB

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Matthew 19:23 BSB

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Isaiah 14:3 BSB

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

John 4:38 BSB

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

Romans 16:12 BSB

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.

Luke 5:5 BSB

“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

Romans 2:5 BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Matthew 25:24 BSB

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.