Genesis 3:15 (NIV)
And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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.

John 16:33 (NIV)
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”