Bible Verses On Why God Allows Suffering

Dear friends, today I want to talk to you about an important topic. We all know that there are many times in life when we suffer. Then we think, why does God allow this suffering?

Look, the Bible teaches us that we grow through suffering. Think about when you were little, learning to walk. How many times did you fall and get hurt? But you learned to walk through that suffering. Similarly, the suffering of life also teaches us, makes us grow.

God wants us to be like Him. He is kind, compassionate. But how do we learn these qualities? When we ourselves suffer, we understand the suffering of others. Imagine, your friend suddenly fell and broke his leg. If you have never suffered the pain of breaking his leg, then you will not understand his pain. But if you have also experienced this before, then you will be able to feel his pain and help him.

Again, we go to God only in times of suffering. When everything is going well, we forget God. But when trouble comes, we immediately run to Him. It is like a small child. When he is playing, he does not remember his mother. But when he falls and cries, he immediately calls his mother. Similarly, in times of trouble, we also seek God and come closer to Him.

The Bible shows that many great people have gone through hardships. Take the story of Joseph. His brothers sold him, he became a slave, he went to prison. But in the end he was appointed to a great position in Egypt, saving the lives of millions of people. It was through his hardships that God implemented a great plan.

Friends, remember, these hardships are not permanent. The Bible says that they are actually opportunities for us to grow and change. When we go through these times with faith, we experience God’s faithfulness in a new way.

Now here is an important thing. Even in hardships, God’s love remains unchanged. God also knows what we need. God is always with us. He gives you peace and strength, just when you need it most.

So friends, the next time a hardship comes, remember – it’s not just a test, it’s an opportunity. An opportunity to strengthen yourself, to get closer to God. And always remember, God is with you, every step of the way.

Biblical Perspectives on the Purpose of Pain

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptationsKnowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience”

James 1:2-3

“Not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patienceAnd patience, experience; experience, hope”

Romans 5:3-4

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding eternal weight of glory”

2 Corinthians 4:17

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto youBut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy”

1 Peter 4:12-13

God’s Wisdom in Permitting Hardship

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understandingIn all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths”

Proverbs 3:5-6

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LordFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts than your thoughts”

Isaiah 55:8-9

“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty”

Job 5:17

“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, scourgeth every son whom he receiveth”

Hebrews 12:6

“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”

Romans 8:28

Scriptural Insights on Trials and Tribulations

“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptationsThat the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise honour glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ”

1 Peter 1:6-7

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him”

James 1:12

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it”

1 Corinthians 10:13

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, the God of all comfortWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God”

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all”

Psalm 34:19

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer”

Romans 12:12

Divine Love Amidst Human Suffering

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughterNay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved usFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to comeNor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”

Romans 8:35-39

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod thy staff they comfort me”

Psalm 23:4

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”

Isaiah 41:10

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world”

John 16:33

“He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me”

2 Corinthians 12:9

Spiritual Growth Through Adversity in the Bible

“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect entire, wanting nothing”

James 1:4

“Not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patienceAnd patience, experience; experience, hopeAnd hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us”

Romans 5:3-5

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you”

1 Peter 5:10

“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered”

Hebrews 5:8

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”

Philippians 1:6

Redemptive Suffering: A Biblical Concept

“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church”

Colossians 1:24

“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us”

2 Timothy 2:12

“If children, then heirs; heirs of God, joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”

Romans 8:17

“That I may know him, the power of his resurrection, the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death”

Philippians 3:10

“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps”

1 Peter 2:21

God’s Promises for Those Enduring Difficult Times

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”

Isaiah 43:2

“God is our refuge strength, a very present help in trouble”

Psalm 46:1

“Come unto me, all ye that labour are heavy laden, I will give you rest”

Matthew 11:28

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despairPersecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed”

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble”

Psalm 9:9