Quotes about Resilience In Adversity
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
— Psalm 69:4
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
— Psalm 69:21
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
— Psalm 94:5
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
— Psalm 107:27
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
— Psalm 119:85
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
— Psalm 129:3
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
— Proverbs 30:26
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
— Isaiah 48:10
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
— Isaiah 51:23
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
— Jeremiah 37:15
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
— Jeremiah 37:15
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
— Jeremiah 40:6