'Adversity' in the Bible

Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

Then the Lord will single him out for adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law.

“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity;

And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”

Why should I fear in days of adversity,When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

A wicked messenger falls into adversity,But a faithful envoy brings healing.

Adversity pursues sinners,But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

A friend loves at all times,And a brother is born for adversity.

In the day of prosperity be happy,But in the day of adversity consider—God has made the one as well as the otherSo that man will not discover anything that will be after him.