Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
So I said to him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
So I said to him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.
Afflictions made beneficial » In rendering us fruitful in good works
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Chastisement » What chastening does
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Fruit, spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
Great » Mysteries, that test the faith of men » Of suffering
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
great Mysteries » Of suffering
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Privileges of saints » Profiting by chastisement
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Righteousness » Fruitfulness conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
Righteousness » Chastisements yield the fruit of
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Spiritual » Conditions of fruit-bearing » Abiding in Christ
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
The fruit of righteousness » What yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
So I said to him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.