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yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Jehovah, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away: know that for thy sake I bear reproach.

Verse ConceptsMemoriesGod, Patience OfInjuryRevenge, Examples OfUnderstandingPersecution, Nature OfDivine RemembrancePeople VisitingBeing ReprovedRevenge

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Insomuch that the LORD might no longer suffer the wickedness of your inventions, and the abominable things which ye did? Is not your land desolate and void; yea, and abhorred, so that no man dwelleth therein any more, as it is come to pass this day?

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftMade A HorrorUnbearable Things

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? How long shall I complain unto thee, suffering wrong, and thou wilt not help?

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernCalling upon GodBeggarsApparent InjusticeProlonged AfflictionsViolence In The EarthBefore God ActsNo HelpListening To Godhelp

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

Verse ConceptsBefore God ActsBe Merciful!


So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

Verse ConceptsVanityUnrestUseless EndeavourFrustrationAssignment

The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.

Verse ConceptsCattle

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodJerusalem, Significance OfPunishment, Nature OfRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeSensitivityDouble PenaltyGod Has ForgivenTime Of PeaceJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

Verse ConceptsExpiationGod, Purpose OfGod, Will OfGuilt OfferingOld Age, Attainment OfProsperityBelievers As Sons Of GodLiving Longcrushes

The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please listen all you people, and see my suffering. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGod, Righteousness OfRebellion, Against GodYoung People SufferingI Am Suffering

For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to the children of men.

Verse ConceptsGod UnwillingTragedygrieving

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

Verse ConceptsInsultsEnemy Attacksoppressionpressureharassment

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

Verse ConceptsGriefWeeksSeven DaysSitting In FellowshipIndividuals Being SilentLosing Friendsgrieving

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death,

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGatesMercifulnessGates Of DeathNot DyingDeath PreventedPeople Being HatedDeath Of Loved One

and over them [were] three administrators, [of] whom Daniel [was] one, [so] that these satraps were giving account to them, and the king would not be suffering loss.

Verse ConceptsPromotionAccountabilityThree Men

But, for the sake of David, did Yahweh his God give him a lamp, in Jerusalem, - by raising up a son of his after him, and by suffering Jerusalem to stand;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

Like the casting forth by a wall of its waters, So, hath she cast forth her wickedness, - Violence and destruction, are heard in her, Before my face, continually, are suffering and smiting.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFountainsWellsContinuing In SinFreshWells, Figurative Use

Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborWakefulnessMore Than EnoughHard WorkWorryingSleeping Peacefullyworkinghardworkworries

No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed [from death], he shall most certainly be put to death.

Verse ConceptsDebaucheryRansomJudicial PunishmentNot Redeemed

He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksNations Attacking Israel

then I still dread all of my suffering; I know you still won't acquit me.

Verse ConceptsFear Of Other Things

He humbled them through suffering, as they stumbled without a helper.

Verse ConceptsNo HelpThe Fact Of Toilhardwork

At the time, when the LORD gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve,

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalGod Giving RestSuccess And Hard Work

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalThe Source Of FruitGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt Namesfruitfulness

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you." A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

Verse ConceptsFountainsMusicFountains Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsSingersFountains Used Figurativelyinstruments

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorHelping The PoorProtecting Your Family

whatever prayer or petition
anyone from your people Israel might have—
each man knowing his own affliction and suffering,
and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

He will require the woman to drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause bitter suffering.

Verse ConceptsBitter WaterRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitternessInfidelity

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

Woe to me because of my brokenness—
I am severely wounded!
I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
but I must bear it.”

Verse ConceptsInjurySorrowWoeWoundsEnduringNo HealingMental IllnessSickness

Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.

Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
and if I hold back, what have I lost?

Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPeople Being SilentMere Talk

Now my life is poured out before my eyes,
and days of suffering have seized me.

Verse ConceptsDepression

I am churning within and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.

Verse ConceptsStressBowelsIndigestion

"About this time tomorrow I'll send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him as Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. He'll deliver my people from the control of the Philistines, because I've seen the suffering of my people and because their cry has come up to me."

Verse ConceptsDeliverersGod's Action TomorrowAnointing KingsCries Of Distress To GodMaking KingsIndividuals Saving Others

While she was suffering due to her difficult labor, the midwife told her, "Don't fear! You're going to have another son."

Verse ConceptsMidwifechildbearing

"We're all guilty because of what we did to our brother!" they told each other. "We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We're in this mess because we wouldn't listen!"

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

Verse ConceptsThe Curse Of The LawTithes And OfferingEclipsecheaters

Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly favored, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Though he was a mighty and valiant man, he was suffering from leprosy.

Verse ConceptsCommanderKingdomsLeprosyOccupationsSoldierssyriaarmy

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Verse ConceptsSighingecstasyGod, The EternalHeadsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeJoy, Of IsraelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityRansomUnhappinessHeaven, Worshiping GodEternal BlessingPromise of returnThe Redeemed Of The LordYou Will Rejoice In SalvationJoyclosure

So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. 'I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

Verse ConceptsPoisonRepulsive FoodBitter FoodDrugs

So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'"

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter FoodWicked ProphetsBitternessprophets

You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementSighingRest, PhysicalSelf PitySleeplessnessTirednessUnhappinessI Am Suffering

What my eyes see grieves me -- all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartI Am Sufferingfate

There will be no one suffering miscarriage or infertile in your land. I will make full the number of your days.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessMiscarrying AnimalsInfertility

And the angel of Yahweh said to her: "Behold, you are pregnant and shall have a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.

Verse ConceptsBirths ForetoldGod Naming PeopleGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Pays Attention

The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

Verse ConceptsReceptivenessSuffering, Of The InnocentGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonNo Help

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorAfflictionsHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppression

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByEyes Harmedgrieving

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHope, Results OfAbusive MarriagesDisdainGod HidingGod Paid Attention To ThemAfflictionsBelittling

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPersecution, Nature OfGod Beating PeopleHurtharassment

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!"

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationExamples Of ConsecrationHairsHeadsVowsBirths ForetoldSeparated To GodGod Remembering The NeedyGod As A WarriorGod ReprovingThe Promise Of A Baby

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

Verse ConceptsHumilitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessThose Oppressedoppressionclosurepressure

I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word!

Verse ConceptsRevivingI Am Sufferingrevival


How shall I console you?
To what shall I compare you,
O Daughter of Jerusalem?
With what shall I compare you, so that I may comfort you,
O Virgin Daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is as vast as the sea;
Who can heal you?

Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort

Because you [descendants of Esau] have had an everlasting hatred [for Jacob (Israel)] and you handed over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their tragedy, at the time of their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest],

Verse ConceptsMalice, Examples OfEternal Evil


Because of the sound of my groaning [in suffering and trouble]
My bones cling to my flesh.

Verse ConceptsSkinThings Stuck TogetherDamage To The Body


The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army];
He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet
And makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility].


For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

Verse ConceptsFeetDeersHigh PlacesMusicOccupationsRich, TheAnimals, Types OfStringsFeet SecureGod Our StrengthDeer Etc.ancient ChoirsDeerphotographyinstruments


My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the Lord [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];
Nor despise His rebuke,

Verse ConceptsAdoption, Assurance OfAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineGrudgesChastisementRejecting ThingsSuperiorityDiscipline From GodDespisersRejectionDiscipline Childclosure


A prudent and far-sighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it],
But the naive continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalFolly, Effects OfWisdom, Human ImportanceFrugalityPrudenceForethoughtsHiding From Peopleproblemsshelterriskconsequences


A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it,
But the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtWisdom, Human ImportanceHiding From Peopleconsequences


“Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them.
But when they cried out to You in the time of their suffering and distress,
You heard them from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them people to rescue them.
Who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer


Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionThose Frightened Of God


“[But instead] I could strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth,
And the consolation and solace of my lips would soothe your suffering and lessen your anguish.

Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsAfflicted, Duty To ThemMere TalkEncouragementEncouraging Othersencouraginguplifting


“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.

Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response Togreatness

How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

Verse ConceptsUnhappiness

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBarbersHeadsPriests, Function In Ot TimesShavingLong HairCutting HairHair

O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? [How long] will you love vanity? [How long] will you seek lies? Selah

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsUseless ThingsTrust, Lack OfAvoiding DeceitLoving EvilPsalm Interjections

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says, "As long as I live, because he despised my oath and broke my covenant, he's going to suffer the consequences.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant


“And if you [wonder and] say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
It is because of the greatness and nature of your sin
That your skirts have been pulled away [subjecting you to public disgrace]
And [like a barefoot slave] your heels have been wounded.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryWhy Does This Happen?Changing Yourselfgreatness

And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not come to the right way. And thou shalt suffer violence and wrong all thy life long, and no man shall help thee.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstMiracles, Responses ToQuestionsUnbelieversNot Believing SignsBefore People ActDoubting God