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‘Suffer’ in the Bible – All 81 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Suffer’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Suffer’ occurs 81 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

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Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 42:4 Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brothers, “Lest perhaps he may suffer harm on the journey.”Genesis 42:4

Genesis 42:21 and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”Genesis 42:21

Genesis 50:15 Now that he was dead, his brothers were afraid, and they said to one another: “Perhaps now he may remember the injury that he suffered and requite us for all the evil that we did to him.”Genesis 50:15

Number of the word / term Suffer in Genesis: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Leviticus

Leviticus 15:13 If he who suffers from this affliction will have been healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes and his entire body in living water, he shall be clean.Leviticus 15:13

Leviticus 22:16 lest perhaps they may suffer the iniquity of their offense, when they will have eaten what has been sanctified. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.Leviticus 22:16

Leviticus 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.Leviticus 24:20

Number of the word / term Suffer in Leviticus: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 22:26 The girl shall suffer nothing, nor is she guilty unto death. For just as a robber rises up against his brother and slays his life, so also did the girl suffer greatly.Deuteronomy 22:26

Deuteronomy 28:29 And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.Deuteronomy 28:29

Deuteronomy 28:33 May a people you do not know eat the fruits of your land and of all your labors. And may you continually suffer from slander and oppression every day.Deuteronomy 28:33

Number of the word / term Suffer in Deuteronomy: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 3:29 And may it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon the entire house of his father. And may there not fail to be, in the house of Joab, one who suffers from a flow of seed, or one who is leprous, or one who is effeminate, or one who falls by the sword, or one who is in need of bread.”2 Samuel 3:29

Number of the word / term Suffer in 2 Samuel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 19:5 And when they had gone, and had sent word to David, (for they had suffered a great disgrace,) he sent to meet them, and he instructed them that they should remain at Jericho until their beards grew, and then they should return.1 Chronicles 19:5

Number of the word / term Suffer in 1 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Esther

Esther 9:27 And whatever they suffered, and whatever was altered afterwards, the Jews received for themselves and their offspring and for all who were willing to be joined to their religion, so that none would be permitted to transgress the solemnity of these two days, to which the writing testifies, and which certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.Esther 9:27

Number of the word / term Suffer in Esther: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Job

Job 20:18 He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer.Job 20:18

Job 24:11 They take their midday rest among the stockpiles of those who, though they have trodden the winepresses, suffer thirst.Job 24:11

Number of the word / term Suffer in Job: 2

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Psalm

Psalm 59:6 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.Psalm 59:6

Psalm 59:14 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.Psalm 59:14

Psalm 146:7 He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound.Psalm 146:7

Number of the word / term Suffer in Psalm: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Proverbs

Proverbs 12:8 A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.Proverbs 12:8

Proverbs 17:14 Whoever releases the water is the head of the conflict. And just before he suffers contempt, he abandons judgment.Proverbs 17:14

Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor shall not be in need. Whoever despises his petition will suffer scarcity.Proverbs 28:27

Number of the word / term Suffer in Proverbs: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 38:14 I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.Isaiah 38:14

Number of the word / term Suffer in Isaiah: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Jeremiah

Jeremiah 15:15 “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.Jeremiah 15:15

Jeremiah 27:13 Why should you suffer death, you and your people, by the sword, and famine, and pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken against any nation that refuses to serve the king of Babylon?Jeremiah 27:13

Number of the word / term Suffer in Jeremiah: 2

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Amos

Amos 6:6 You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph.Amos 6:6

Number of the word / term Suffer in Amos: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Zephaniah

Zephaniah 3:18 The triflers who withdrew from the law, I will gather together, because they were from you, so that you may no longer suffer disgrace over them.Zephaniah 3:18

Number of the word / term Suffer in Zephaniah: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Matthew

Matthew 9:20 And behold, a woman, who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years, approached from behind and touched the hem of his garment.Matthew 9:20

Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to reveal to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and to suffer much from the elders and the scribes and the leaders of the priests, and to be killed, and to rise again on the third day.Matthew 16:21

Matthew 16:26 For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?Matthew 16:26

Matthew 17:12 But I say to you, that Elijah has already arrived, and they did not recognize him, but they did whatever they wanted to him. So also shall the Son of man suffer from them.”Matthew 17:12

Matthew 17:15 “Lord, take pity on my son, for he is an epileptic, and he suffers harm. For he frequently falls into fire, and often also into water.Matthew 17:15

Number of the word / term Suffer in Matthew: 5

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Mark

Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and by the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.Mark 8:31

Mark 9:12 And in response, he said to them: “Elijah, when he will arrive first, shall restore all things. And in the manner that it has been written about the Son of man, so must he suffer many things and be condemned.Mark 9:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in Mark: 2

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Luke

Luke 9:22 saying, “For the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the leaders of the priests and the scribes, and be killed, and on the third day rise again.”Luke 9:22

Luke 13:2 And responding, he said to them: “Do you think that these Galileans must have sinned more than all other Galileans, because they suffered so much?Luke 13:2

Luke 17:25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.Luke 17:25

Luke 22:15 And he said to them: “With longing have I desired to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer.Luke 22:15

Luke 24:26 Was not the Christ required to suffer these things, and so enter into his glory?”Luke 24:26

Luke 24:46 And he said to them: “For so it is written, and so it was necessary, for the Christ to suffer and to rise up from the dead on the third day,Luke 24:46

Number of the word / term Suffer in Luke: 6

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Acts

Acts 3:18 But in this way God has fulfilled the things that he announced beforehand through the mouth of all the Prophets: that his Christ would suffer.Acts 3:18

Acts 5:41 And indeed, they went forth from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to suffer insult on behalf of the name of Jesus.Acts 5:41

Acts 9:16 For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”Acts 9:16

Acts 17:3 interpreting and concluding that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, and that “this is the Jesus Christ, whom I am announcing to you.”Acts 17:3

Acts 26:23 that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations.”Acts 26:23

Acts 28:5 But shaking off the creature into the fire, he indeed suffered no ill effects.Acts 28:5

Number of the word / term Suffer in Acts: 6

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Romans

Romans 5:6 Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?Romans 5:6

Romans 8:17 But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.Romans 8:17

Number of the word / term Suffer in Romans: 2

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 3:15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire.1 Corinthians 3:15

1 Corinthians 4:12 And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.1 Corinthians 4:12

1 Corinthians 12:26 And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it.1 Corinthians 12:26

1 Corinthians 13:7 Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.1 Corinthians 13:7

Number of the word / term Suffer in 1 Corinthians: 4

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 4:9 We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.2 Corinthians 4:9

2 Corinthians 7:5 Then, too, when we had arrived in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. Instead, we suffered every tribulation: exterior conflicts, interior fears.2 Corinthians 7:5

2 Corinthians 7:9 now I am glad: not because you were sorrowful, but because you were sorrowful unto repentance. For you became sorrowful for God, so that you might not suffer any harm from us.2 Corinthians 7:9

2 Corinthians 7:12 And so, though I wrote to you, it was not because of him who caused the injury, nor because of him who suffered from it, but so as to manifest our solicitude, which we have for you before God.2 Corinthians 7:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in 2 Corinthians: 4

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Galatians

Galatians 6:12 For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in Galatians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Ephesians

Ephesians 4:28 Whoever was stealing, let him now not steal, but rather let him labor, working with his hands, doing what is good, so that he may have something to distribute to those who suffer need.Ephesians 4:28

Number of the word / term Suffer in Ephesians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Philippians

Philippians 1:29 For this has been given to you on behalf of Christ, not only so that you may believe in him, but even so that you may suffer with him,Philippians 1:29

Philippians 3:8 Yet truly, I consider everything to be a loss, because of the preeminent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of everything, considering it all to be like dung, so that I may gain Christ,Philippians 3:8

Number of the word / term Suffer in Philippians: 2

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:2 Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.1 Thessalonians 2:2

1 Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,1 Thessalonians 2:14

1 Thessalonians 3:4 For even while we were with you, we predicted to you that we would suffer tribulations, even as it has happened, and as you know.1 Thessalonians 3:4

Number of the word / term Suffer in 1 Thessalonians: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 1:5 which are a sign of the just judgment of God, so that you may be held worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.2 Thessalonians 1:5

Number of the word / term Suffer in 2 Thessalonians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 2 Timothy

2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.2 Timothy 1:12

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.2 Timothy 2:12

2 Timothy 3:12 And all those who willingly live the piety in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.2 Timothy 3:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in 2 Timothy: 3

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Hebrews

Hebrews 2:18 For in as much as he himself has suffered and has been tempted, he also is able to assist those who are tempted.Hebrews 2:18

Hebrews 5:8 And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.Hebrews 5:8

Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise, he would need to have suffered repeatedly since the beginning of the world. But now, one time, at the consummation of the ages, he has appeared in order to destroy sin though his own sacrifice.Hebrews 9:26

Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead by means of resurrection. But others suffered severe punishment, not yet receiving redemption, so that they would find a better resurrection.Hebrews 11:35

Hebrews 13:12 Because of this, Jesus, too, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the gate.Hebrews 13:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in Hebrews: 5

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book James

James 1:12 Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.James 1:12

Number of the word / term Suffer in James: 1

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book 1 Peter

1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is there, if you sin and then suffer a beating? But if you do well and suffer patiently, this is grace with God.1 Peter 2:20

1 Peter 2:21 For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.1 Peter 2:21

1 Peter 2:23 And when evil was spoken against him, he did not speak evil. When he suffered, he did not threaten. Then he handed himself over to him who judged him unjustly.1 Peter 2:23

1 Peter 3:14 And yet, even when you suffer something for the sake of justice, you are blessed. So then, do not be afraid with their fear, and do not be disturbed.1 Peter 3:14

1 Peter 3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than for doing evil.1 Peter 3:17

1 Peter 4:1 Since Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also should be armed with the same intention. For he who suffers in the flesh desists from sin,1 Peter 4:1

1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer for being a murderer, or a thief, or a slanderer, or one who covets what belongs to another.1 Peter 4:15

1 Peter 4:16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, he should not be ashamed. Instead, he should glorify God in that name.1 Peter 4:16

1 Peter 4:19 Therefore, too, let those who suffer according to the will of God commend their souls by good deeds to the faithful Creator.1 Peter 4:19

Number of the word / term Suffer in 1 Peter: 9

Bible passages with ‘Suffer’ in the book Revelation

Revelation 2:10 You should fear nothing amid those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tested. And you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give to you the crown of life.Revelation 2:10

Number of the word / term ‘Suffer’ in Revelation: 1

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 81

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