What Does the Bible Say About Beaten Down But Not Destroyed?

2 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

Psalm 37:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.

2 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.

2 Corinthians 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Psalm 129:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. ...

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

2 Corinthians 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, ...

Romans 8:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

2 Corinthians 4:8-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.

Romans 8:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Romans 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

John 15:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Micah 7:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

Psalm 58:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 2:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. ...

2 Corinthians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Habakkuk 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,

Psalm 97:2-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around. His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. ...

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

37 Bible Verses about Beaten Down But Not Destroyed

2 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 37:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 129:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Micah 7:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 58:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Corinthians 2:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Habakkuk 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 97:2-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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37 Bible Verses about Beaten Down But Not Destroyed

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2 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 37:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 129:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Micah 7:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 58:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 2:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Habakkuk 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 97:2-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes