John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of John 16 · Words of Christ are set in red.

2 songs meet this passage

Natural · Imagine Dragons
strains against John 16:33
Jesus names tribulation in the world too, but offers peace found in Him, something absent from the song's bleak picture.
“It's the terror of knowing what this world is about”
Under Pressure (feat. David Bowie) · Queen
resonates with John 16:33
Jesus names the trouble of the world plainly, which is what this line voices, yet points beyond it to peace.

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