Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
LORD, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
Then the agent of LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou have had indignation these seventy years?
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man and to the clean man and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man,
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?
Yet ye say, The way of LORD is not equitable. Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equitable? Are not your ways inequitable?
saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house.
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?
Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. As an adamant, harder than flint, I have made thy forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away. And I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of LORD was strong upon me.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save. Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.
Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and among his kin, and in his house.
And he said, Truly I say to you, that not one prophet is acceptable in his fatherland.
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man and to the clean man and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man,
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?
Yet ye say, The way of LORD is not equitable. Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equitable? Are not your ways inequitable?
saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man and to the clean man and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man,
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously?
Yet ye say, The way of LORD is not equitable. Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not my way equitable? Are not your ways inequitable?
saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?
My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent.
LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
Prayer » Habakkuk
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
Punishment » Delayed
God will hear, and respond to them, (even he who abides of old), Selah, [men] who have no changes, and who fear not God.
These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded, but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes, read more.
when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him. But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save. Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
LORD, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
Then the agent of LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou have had indignation these seventy years?