Faith during hardship is repeatedly distinguished in Scripture from faith during ease, since it is tested in exactly the moments when belief is hardest to sustain. This page gathers verified verses on faith specifically during hard times.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 27:13
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 43:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Psalms 40:10
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Mark 11:22
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark 11:23
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall havethem.
Mark 11:24
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Mark 11:31
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans 4:3
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 4:5
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans 4:9
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Romans 4:11
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Romans 4:12
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:13
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Romans 4:14
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Romans 4:16
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Romans 4:17
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Romans 4:18
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:
Romans 4:19
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Romans 4:20
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Romans 4:24
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Hebrews 11:1’s definition of faith as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” is especially relevant during hardship, when the things hoped for are not yet visible.
Daniel 3:17-18’s statement that God is able to deliver, “but if not,” they will still not comply, shows faith that holds regardless of the outcome.
This connects to a pattern found throughout Bible Verses About Faith in Hard Times.
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Faith during hard times is repeatedly shown holding without requiring the outcome to be certain first.