The word in Scripture

Tribulation in the Bible

The word tribulation appears 22 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Tribulation is severe trouble and pressure. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What tribulation means in the Bible

Tribulation is severe trouble and pressure.

Where the word tribulation appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word tribulation appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.”Matthew 13:21

“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”Matthew 24:21

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,”Mark 13:24

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”John 16:33

“Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”Romans 2:9

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”Romans 8:35

“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.”Revelation 1:9

“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.”Revelation 2:22