Quotes about Struggle
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
— Nehemiah 5:2
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
— Nehemiah 5:4
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
— Nehemiah 9:36
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
— Esther 8:6
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
— Esther 9:5
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
— Job 2:8
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
— Job 2:9
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
— Job 3:1
And this is what he said:
— Job 3:2
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
— Job 3:11
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
— Job 3:20
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
— Job 3:23