Quotes About Adversity

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.

Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

However, we must run aground on some island.”

But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.