Quotes about Suffering
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
- Psalm 109:10
I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
- Psalm 116:10
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Psalm 119:75
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
- Psalm 119:86
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
- Psalm 119:134
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Psalm 123:3
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
- Psalm 129:3
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 11:15
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
- Proverbs 23:35
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:2
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
- Proverbs 29:13
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Proverbs 30:14