Bible Verses about “bad luck”

“‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›”

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

“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.”

“The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.”

“And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:”

“And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.”

“And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”

“And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.”

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.”

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”

“And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.”

“The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.”

“And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.”

“Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.”

“For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”

“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.”

“As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.”

“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”

“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.”

“I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.”

“¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”

“For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”

“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”

“¶ Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”

“He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.”

“Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”

“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.”

“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.”

“With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.”

“But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:”

“¶ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.”

“I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.”

“For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.”

“Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.”

“¶ Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.”

“And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel.”

“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:”

“¶ Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:”

“But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.”