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Want to know what the Bible says about Bad Things That Happen To Good People? Here are 95 Bible verses about Bad Things That Happen To Good People from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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James 1:2 NIV
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
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2 Corinthians 1:8-11 NIV
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
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1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV
However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—
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Romans 8:22 NIV
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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1 Corinthians 11:29-30 NIV
29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
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1 John 1:8 NIV
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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Job 1:21 NIV
and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:20 NIV
Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,
    no one who does what is right and never sins.
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James 1:17 NIV
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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