Bible Verses about 'Why do bad things happen'

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• Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33evilgoodnessfriendship
• And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
  Matthew 7:3sinjudgment
• Why am I discouraged?
  Why is my heart so sad?
  I will put my hope in God!
  I will praise him again—
  my Savior and my God!
  Psalm 42:11worshiphopesoul
• Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.”
  Matthew 21:21faithspeakingmiracles
• Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.
  Colossians 3:2heavenmindworld
• I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
  Acts 22:7speakingmiraclespersecution
• I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.
  Mark 11:23trustfaithheart
• What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.
  Acts 22:16baptismsinpurification
• God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.
  1 Thessalonians 5:24callingfaithfulnessWord of God
• You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things.
  Romans 2:1righteousnessjudgmentneighbor
• You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.
  1 Corinthians 10:23lawgoodnessrighteousness
• Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
  Hebrews 11:1faithtruthhope
• Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
  Jeremiah 33:3prayerunderstandinglistening
• It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
  1 Corinthians 13:6-7lovetruthevil
• So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
  2 Corinthians 4:18eternal lifematerialismunderstanding
• And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much!
  Luke 6:33righteousnessreward
• God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
  1 Corinthians 1:28-29humilitycallingworld
• Don’t long for “the good old days.”
  This is not wise.
  Ecclesiastes 7:10wisdomlife
• As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!”
  Acts 1:10-11ascensionsecond comingheaven
• You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.
  1 Corinthians 6:12addictiondesireslife
• No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
  Romans 8:37overcomingGodlove
• Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
  1 John 2:15sinloveFather
• Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
  Romans 8:5lifebodySpirit
• But for us,
  There is one God, the Father,
  by whom all things were created,
  and for whom we live.
  And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ,
  through whom all things were created,
  and through whom we live.
  1 Corinthians 8:6FatherlifeJesus
• But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the Lord?’ If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking