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Bible Verses About Struggle
Find Bible verses about struggle — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about struggle?
The Bible addresses struggle with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Colossians 2:1
“For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;”
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Genesis 32:24
“Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.”
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Genesis 32:25
“When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.”
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Genesis 25:26
“After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.”
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Matthew 14:24
“But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.”
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Hosea 12:3
“In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.”
Hebrews 10:32
“But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;”
Genesis 30:8
“Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.”
Genesis 25:22
“The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.”
Acts 27:8
“With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.”
Psalms 90:10
“The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.”
Psalms 137:4
“How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?”
Hosea 11:8
“"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.”
Romans 7:15
“For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.”
James 4:1
“Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?”
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