DefinitionNoun: a problem, worry, difficulty, etc. or a situation causing this
Verb: To make someone worried or upset. To disturb someone because you want to ask them something. To make an effort to do something. To cause pain
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Definition
Noun: a problem, worry, difficulty, etc. or a situation causing this
Verb: To make someone worried or upset. To disturb someone because you want to ask them something. To make an effort to do something. To cause pain
Trouble in the Bible
In the Bible there are at least seven words used which embrace trouble: Tribulation, trial, suffering, affliction, distresses, poverty, and infirmities. These words differ somewhat, and yet each of them practically meaning trouble of some kind.
1 Sam 16:14- “But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.”
Job 5:7- “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” (5:7)
Job 14:1, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.”
Psa 9:9- “The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”
Psa 27:5- “For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.”
Psa 34:6- “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
Psa 41:1- “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”
Psa 46:1- “To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Psa 50:15- “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
Psa 77:2- “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.”
Psa 107:6- “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.”
Psa 107:13- “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.”
Psa 107:19- “Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.”
Lam 1:20- “Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled…”
Zeph 1:15- “That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,”
Acts 14:22- “…we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
Rom 8:18- “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Rom 8:35- “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
2 Cor 1:4- “Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”
2 Cor 4:17- “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
2 Cor 12:10- “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
Phil 3:10- “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”
1 Thes 3:4- “For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.”
2 Tim 1:8- “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God.”
2 Tim 3:12- “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
1 Pet 4:13- “But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
2 Cor 8:2- “How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.”
Heb 11:36- “And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:”
1 Pet 1:7- “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”
1 Pet 4:12- “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:”
1 Pet 5:10- “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
2 Cor 8:9- “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”
Rev 1:9- “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Rev 2:9- “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
Rev 2:10- “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
Trouble is part of being human
Job said: “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.” (14:1) AND “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” (5:7)
Troubles come and go
Psa 27:5- “For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.”
Psa 41:1- “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”
Psa 77:2- “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.”
Trouble is the normal Christian life
Acts 14:22- “…we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
1 Thes 3:4- “For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.”
Trouble is our normal because Christ suffered trouble
1 Pet 4:13- “But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
Phil 3:10- “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”
Trouble causes us to seek God
Psa 34:6- “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
Psa 107:6- “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.”
Psa 107:13- “Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.”
Psa 107:19- “Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.”
Lam 1:20- “Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled…”
Trouble is used to bring us closer to Jesus Christ
2 Cor 4:17- “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
Trouble is a means to bring us closer to fellow believers
Rev 1:9- “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Trouble is a result of living godly in Christ
2 Tim 3:12- “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
Trouble purifies the believer
Tit 2:14- “Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
1 Pet 5:10- “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
Trouble endured brings reward
Rom 8:18- “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
2 Cor 4:17- “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
Rev 2:9- “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
Rev 2:10- “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
Trouble experienced helps us minister to others
2 Cor 1:4- “Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”
Rev 1:9- “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Poverty (being poor) is connected with trouble
Psa 34:6- “This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
2 Cor 8:2- “How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.”
Rev 2:9- “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
Trouble endured for Christ brings great joy
1 Pet 4:13- “But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
Troubles in this life
Troubles of the Saints in Hebrews 11
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Troubles of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:25-30
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.