Bible verses for life situations
From the everyday to the very hard: passages gathered for particular circumstances, with a note on where a well-known verse is often misapplied.
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Where a page touches bereavement, illness, financial difficulty or conflict, it opens with practical support rather than with Scripture. That ordering is intentional.
- ForgivenessPassages about being forgiven and about forgiving others, kept distinct from one another.Need
- GriefPassages for bereavement, chosen to accompany grief rather than shorten it.Life situation
- LossPassages for losses other than bereavement — work, health, home, a relationship.Life situation
- IllnessPassages for times of illness, offered alongside medical care rather than instead of it.Life situation
- MarriagePassages about marriage and commitment, with a note on where traditions differ.Life situation
- FriendshipPassages about friends, loyalty and honest company.Life situation
- FamilyPassages about households and family life, including some difficult ones.Theme
- ParentingPassages about raising children and about being a parent.Life situation
- WorkPassages about labour, rest, fairness and doing a job well.Life situation
- School and studyPassages about learning, effort and nerves, suitable for students.Life situation
- Financial difficultyPassages about money and need, without any promise of financial return.Life situation
- New beginningsPassages for starts of all kinds — a move, a job, a year, a recovery.Life situation
- Difficult decisionsPassages about deciding well, which do not attempt to decide for you.Life situation
- WaitingPassages about long waits, including ones that were not resolved.Life situation
- ConflictPassages about disagreement and repair between people.Life situation
- Difficult timesA general selection for hard periods, linking through to more specific pages.Life situation
- BirthdaysPassages suited to a birthday card or message, with references you can check.Life situation
- WeddingsReadings and short passages commonly used at weddings, with references.Life situation
- Moving homePassages about leaving, arriving and settling somewhere new.Life situation
- Starting a new jobPassages for a first week: nerves, effort and doing the work well.Life situation
- RetirementPassages about later life, rest and the value of long experience.Life situation
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