Life for humankind can be really challenging sometimes, and worry, stress and anxiety can take over our thoughts. But there are many Bible verses that manage to give us peace that we can hold onto to help calm our weary Souls.
The Bible speaks of stress and worry many times, a even in the Gospels Jesus states that worrying or being anxious about our lives, about what we will eat, or what we will wear, even what tomorrow will bring are thoughts that those who trust in GOD as their Father, will soon be dissolved and disappear.
Bible passages
Genesis 22:1
Some time later GOD tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow My Instructions.
Exodus 20:20
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. GOD has come to test you, so that the fear of GOD will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the LORD your GOD led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 13:3
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your GOD is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Judges 3:4
They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s Commands, which He had given their ancestors through Moses.
1 Kings 8:35
When the heavens are closed and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray facing this place, if they praise your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them…
2 Chronicles 32:31
But when the rulers of Babylon sent messengers to him to inquire of the wonder that had taken place in the land, GOD left him to test him and to know all that was in his heart.
Job 19:25 (in the midst of the severest trials)
I know that my Redeemer lives!
Psalm 25:18
See my affliction and my distress, and forgive all my sins!
Psalm 26:2
Investigate me, O LORD, and test me. Cleanse with fire my mind and my heart.
Psalm 31:7
I will exult and rejoice in Your kindness, for You have seen my affliction and understood the anguish of my soul.
Psalm 34:6,18-19
This afflicted man cried out, and the LORD heard him and saved him from all his adversity. The LORD is close to those whose hearts are broken and saves those whose spirits are troubled. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of GOD are the broken spirit. O GOD you do not despise the broken and contrite heart.
Psalm 66:10
For you have tested us, O GOD, you have refined us as you refine silver.
Psalm 90:15
Rejoice us in proportion to the days that thou hast afflicted us, and in recompense for the years that we have suffered calamity.
Psalm 102:1
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O LORD hear my prayer and let my cry come to Thee.
Psalm 116:10
I believed and therefore I speak; I was greatly afflicted.
Psalm 119:50,71,75,107
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your Word has enlivened me.
It was good for me to have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
I know, O LORD, that Thy decrees are just, and that Thou hast afflicted me in Thy faithfulness. I am greatly afflicted. Live me, O LORD, according to Your Word.
Psalm 139:23
Investigate me, O GOD, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the one who tests hearts is the LORD.
Isaiah 1:25
I will lay My Hand on you again, I will cleanse you of your dross as with soda and remove all your lead.
Isaiah 25:4
You have been a fortress for the poor, a fortress for the helpless in their distress, a refuge against the storm, a shadow against the heatwave; for the breath of tyrants was like a storm beating the wall.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the crucible of affliction.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus speaks He who is the High, the Exalted, who dwells in Eternity, and who is called the Holy One. “I dwell in the exalted and Holy place, but I stand by those who are oppressed and humble in spirit to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of the oppressed.”
Jeremiah 9:7
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
“Behold, I will refine them and sage them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?”
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, invest the heart, test the mind to render to each one according to his ways according to the fruit of his deeds.
Lamentations 3:32-33
But if He afflicts, He will also have compassion, according to the multitude of His mercies. For it is not willingly that He humbles and afflicts the sons of men.
Ezekiel 20:38
I will separate from among you the rebels, and those who are unfaithful to me. I will bring them out of the land where they dwell, but they shall not come into the land of Israel; then ye shall acknowledge that I am the LORD.
Zechariah 13:9
I will cause this third one to pass through the fire, and I will refine him as silver is refined, and I will test him as gold is tested. They shall call upon my name, and I will hear them. I will say, This is my people, and they will say, The LORD is my GOD.” The final siege of Jerusalem.
Mark 14:36
He said, “Abba, FATHER! All things are possible to You; take this cup away from me! However, not what I want, but what You want.”
Luke 8:13
Those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; they, however, have no root, they believe for a time, but at the time of trial, they draw back.
Luke 22:42
“FATHER, if you are willing, remove this cup from me! But not my will, but Thine be done.”
John 6:6
Now he said this to test him, for he knew what he was about to do.
John 12:24-26
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that if the grain of wheat which falleth into the earth, die not, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Whoever loves his life, loses it; and whoever hates his life in this World, will keep it in Eternal Life. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and there where I am, he shall be my servant also; if any man serve me, the FATHER shall honor him.
John 16:21
When a woman gives birth she feels sorrow, because her time has come, but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish for the joy that a human being has come into the world.
Romans 5:3
And not only this, but we also boast in afflictions, knowing that affliction produces perseverance.
2 Corinthians 1:4,8
Who comforts us in all our afflictions so that by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by GOD, we may comfort those who are in any affliction.
For we do not want you, brethren, to be ignorant of our affliction that befell us in Asia, how we were excessively burdened beyond our strength, so that we came to despair of life itself.
2 Corinthians 2:9
I have also written to you for this, to know at the trial whether you are obedient in all things.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is only for a moment, produces for us a boundless, excellent eternal weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 6:4,10
But in all things let us commend ourselves as ministers of GOD in many sufferings, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses; as contrite, yet always cheerful; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all.
Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice always in the LORD. I repeat: rejoice. Let your meekness be known to all men. The LORD is near.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in all things make your requests known to God in prayers and supplications, accompanied by thanksgiving.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:14
Nevertheless you did well to partake of my affliction.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-7
We ought always to thank GOD for you, brethren, as is right, because your faith grows excellently, and the love of each of you all for others abounds more and more; so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of GOD, because of your constancy and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.
This is a test of the righteous judgment of GOD, that you may be found worthy of the Kingdom of GOD, for which you also suffer.
For it is right of GOD to render to those who afflict you, affliction; and to you who are afflicted, rest.
Hebrews 11:17,36,37
By faith Abraham, put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Still others suffered mockery and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, sawn, tempted, killed by the sword, went about covered with sheepskins and goatskins, needy, afflicted, abused…
Hebrews 12:11
For every correction, at the moment, does not seem to be a cause for joy but for sorrow; afterwards, however, it yields a peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised through it.
James 1:2,3,12
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, when you are faced with trials of various kinds, knowing that the testing of your faith produces constancy.
Blessed is the man who perseveres in the trial, for when he comes out of it approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the LORD has promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 1:6,7
For this reason you rejoice, even though for a little while you may have to suffer various trials at present, so that the proof of your faith, which is far more precious than gold that perishes even if it is tested by fire, may result in praise, honor, and glory in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be bewildered by the trial by fire that is going on among you to try you, as if something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 5:6-9
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of GOD, that he may raise you up in his time; casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; your adversary, the devil, roams about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Resist him by standing firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings afflict your brothers throughout the world.
2 Peter 2:9
The LORD knows how to deliver the pious from trial and reserve the unjust to be punished on the day of judgment.
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you will have to suffer behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have tribulation for ten days Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Corano 2, 286
ALLAH does not burden a Soul beyond that it can bear. It will have what it has gained, and it will bear what it has earned. “Our LORD, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our LORD, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our LORD, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.”
Corano 65, 2-3
from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon GOD then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, ALLAH will accomplish His purpose. GOD indeed has appointed a measure for everything.
Corano 16, 127-128
And be patient! And your patience is not but through ALLAH. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire. 128 Indeed, ALLAH is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.
Corano 2, 155-157
And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient. 156 Who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to ALLAH, and indeed to Him we will return.” 157 Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their LORD and mercy. And it is those who are the guided.