What Does the Bible Say About Troubled Times?

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

James 1:6-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Matthew 18:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Psalm 112:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.

Psalm 91:15-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Luke 21:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

People fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

2 John 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

1 John 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? ...

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Romans 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

Luke 21:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Psalm 46:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. ...

25 Bible Verses about Troubled Times

2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 1:6-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 18:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 112:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 91:15-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 21:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 John 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 46:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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25 Bible Verses about Troubled Times

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2 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 1:6-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

3 John 1:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 18:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 112:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 91:15-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 21:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 John 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 21:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 46:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes