关于苦难的20节圣经经文



  • Psalm 34:18 promises God’s nearness to people who are already crushed in spirit, and the next verse says the righteous may have many troubles.
  • Romans 5:3-4 and James 1:2-4 both say suffering or trials produce perseverance; Romans carries the chain on to character and hope.
  • 1 Peter 2:21 was written to slaves suffering under harsh masters, and holds up Christ, who made no threats when he suffered, as their example.
  • Job 1:21 comes after Job hears his children have died. Lamentations 3:33 says the Lord does not willingly bring affliction or grief, and verses 39-42 link the speaker’s suffering to sin.
  • Paul says his thorn in the flesh was given to keep him from becoming conceited; he pleaded three times for it to be taken away and was told, “My grace is sufficient for you” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).

The Bible expects God’s people to suffer, and it answers suffering with God’s nearness now and an end to pain later. The Lord is “close to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18), trials produce perseverance (Romans 5:3-4), and a day is coming with no more “mourning or crying or pain” (Revelation 21:4). Some passages give a reason for a particular suffering. Paul’s thorn in the flesh was given “to keep me from becoming conceited” (2 Corinthians 12:7), and Lamentations 3 ties the…

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