46 Bible Verses about Afflictions
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For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
"I know your afflictions and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
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Afflictions » The afflicted
"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect. With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the proud, that you may bring them down.
For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place. Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. read more.
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others; because they turned aside from following him, and wouldn't pay attention to any of his ways, so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
We can't reach Shaddai. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
For the Lord will not reject forever. For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness. For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to the children of men. read more.
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth; to deprive a man of justice before the face of the Most High, to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve. Who can speak a thing and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Doesn't both calamity and good come out of the mouth of the Most High? Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Afflictions » Christians being afflicted
"Look, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of people: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. read more.
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. And because lawlessness is multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
Afflictions » What comes out of affliction
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Afflictions » What affliction is for
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
Afflictions » The servant of the lord being afflicted
LORD, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and familiar with illness; and as one from whom men hide their face. He was despised, and we did not value him. read more.
Surely he has borne our sicknesses, and carried our pains; yet we considered him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, and he was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he did not open his mouth. He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people? They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet the LORD was pleased to crush him and make him ill. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my servant, the righteous one, make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities. therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions.
Afflictions » Enduring afflictions
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
Afflictions » Who is afflicted
Afflictions » The afflictions of the righteous
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.
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.
Afflictions » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: for whom the LORD loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are reproved by him;
But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Deliverance from, promised to believers
who delivered us out of so great a death, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will also deliver us again;
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD?how long?
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
LORD God of Hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Impenitence in, examples of
Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.
He did not humble himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down," says the LORD.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
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.'"
and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Of ministers and prophets
By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
Afflictions » Of ministers and prophets
By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Marah; for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.
For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Afflictions » From God
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Marah; for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.
For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » True believers do not faint under
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are reproved by him;
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is wearing away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we do not give up.
Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
Afflictions » General references to
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. read more.
He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you. Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your teachers; read more.
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."
For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness.
But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Do not rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Afflictions » Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
for whom the LORD loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
For whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and scourges every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » Waters of affliction
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your teachers;
Afflictions » Often severe
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.
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company. You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face. He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me. read more.
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me. God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target. His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground. He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant. I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust. My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
Afflictions » Sin visited with
However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the LORD's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances; if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments; then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
and said, "Full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Divine care in sickness
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » David
My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"
But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."
Afflictions » Often arise from the profession of the gospel
Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
But all these things will they do to you because of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Famine
For though the fig tree doesn't flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation.
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for look, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
Afflictions » Of saints, are but temporary
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
"For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says the LORD your Redeemer.
Afflictions » God regulates the measure of
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant,' says the LORD; 'for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.'"
Afflictions » God dispenses, as he will
Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Poverty
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
Afflictions » Sin produces
His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » All things work for the believer's good
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Afflictions » God appoints
"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, "Behold, this disaster is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?"
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The final test
each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
Afflictions » Frequently terminate in good
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The refining process
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.'"
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Jeremiah
"Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth. I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me."
Misery is mine. Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
Afflictions » Always less than we deserve
"After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Imprisonment
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
Afflictions » Saints are to expect
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up. I have overcome the world."
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Job
"My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
Afflictions » Saints have joy under
"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Afflictions » Saints appointed to
that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Membership in the company of the redeemed
One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?" 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 » Promises concerning » Sufficiency of divine grace
He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Afflictions » God does not willingly send
For he is not predisposed to bring affliction or suffering to the children of men.
Afflictions » Man is born to
For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Afflictions » God determines the continuance of
He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Fiery trials
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Final deliverance from sorrow and pain
He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Fellowship in Christ's sufferings
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
Afflictions » Consequent upon the fall
To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. read more.
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Deliverance
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
Afflictions » Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » moses
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and do not let me see my wretchedness."
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Loss of property
For you both had compassion on them that were in chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an enduring one.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Elijah
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Comfort of God's presence
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not scorch you.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » An eternal home
"Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it weren't so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The inward life tried
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » The disciples
He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk?" They stood still, looking sad.
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » Joshua
Joshua said, "Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan.
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Brighter days
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The test of the storm
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Persecution
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Promises to the afflicted
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » Jesus, in gethsemane
He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
Afflictions » Always less than deserved
"After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » Against his house were foretold
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. Then Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son." He said, "Here I am." He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you." read more.
Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » Paul and silas in prison
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » The shunammite woman
When the child was grown, it happened one day that he went out to his father to the reapers. He said to his father, "My head. My head." He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother." When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died. read more.
She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and went out. She called to her husband, and said, "Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again." He said, "Why would you want to go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "It's alright." Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward. Do not slow down for me, unless I ask you to." So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite. Please run now to meet her, and ask her, 'Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?'" She answered, "It is well." When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me." Then she said, "Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?" Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him again. Then lay my staff on the face of the child." The mother of the child said, "As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." He arose, and followed her. Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, "The child has not awakened." When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lay on his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD. He went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child grew warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. He called Gehazi, and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, "Take up your son." Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » Aaron, at the death of nadab and abihu
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came forth from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
Afflictions » Instances of resignation in » David, at the death of his child
But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
Fasting » Afflictions
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.
Topics on Afflictions
Afflictions As Blessings In Disguise
Job 5:17"Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.
Afflictions Of Ministers
Ezekiel 24:18So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Afflictions Of The Wicked
Exodus 14:4I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." They did so.
Afflictions Of The Wicked, Examples Of
Exodus 9:14-15For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Afflictions Resulting In Good
Genesis 50:20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Afflictions Terminating In Good
Genesis 50:20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Afflictions, Consolation During
Psalm 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Afflictions, In Christian Living
Mark 4:17And they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Afflictions, Prayer During
James 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Afflictions, Purpose Of
Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Afflictions, Temporary
Psalm 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Beneficial Afflictions For Faith
Genesis 22:1-2It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham." He said, "Here I am."
Beneficial Afflictions For Humility
Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.
God Appointed Afflictions
1 Thessalonians 3:3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
How Sin Comes With Afflictions
2 Samuel 12:14However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the LORD's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
Severe Afflictions
2 Corinthians 8:2how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
Sin Producing Afflictions
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
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