Adversity is the Hebrew word most often used for adversity is “ra`” which means “bad, evil,” or “unpleasant, displeasing” and that is a good description for someone who is going through adversity. The Old Testament is full verses using the word adversity but we do see it in other forms in the New Testament too and it is essentially the same thing.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. | Proverbs 17:17
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. | Romans 8:28
A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. | Proverbs 18:24
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. | 1 Peter 5:8
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. | Proverbs 27:5-6
Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. | James 1:12-15
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. | Psalm 55:22
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me. | Psalm 50:15
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. | Matthew 11:28
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. | 1 Peter 5:7
Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself. | Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. | Isaiah 41:10
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. | 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” … | Hebrews 10:26-31
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. | Jeremiah 29:11
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 8:38-39
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, | 1 Corinthians 14:33
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” | Joshua 1:9
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” | Revelation 21:4
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. | Philippians 4:12-13
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. | Proverbs 24:10
I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things. | Isaiah 45:7
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. | Ecclesiastes 7:14
All mankind endures adversity. There is no one that is immune from difficult circumstances. They can either drive us to our knees and make us rely on and call upon God or they can harden our hearts and drive us further from God.