2 Samuel 16:12
Perhaps the LORD will take note of my troubles and return good to me instead of curses today!"
Deuteronomy 23:5
However, the LORD your God didn't listen to Balaam. The LORD your God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, because the LORD your God loves you.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.
Psalm 25:18
Look upon my distress and affliction; forgive all my sins.
Genesis 29:32-33
Leah conceived, bore a son, and named him Reuben, because she was saying, "The LORD had looked on my torture, so now my husband will love me."
Exodus 2:24-25
God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 3:7-8
The LORD said, "I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their slave masters. I really do understand their pain,
1 Samuel 1:11
Hannah made a vow: "LORD of the Heavenly Armies, if you just look at the misery of your maid servant, remember me, and don't forget your maid servant. If you give your maid servant a son, then I'll give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and a razor is never to touch his head."
Isaiah 27:7
Has the LORD struck them down, just as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed, just as their killers were killed?
Matthew 5:11-12
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
2 Corinthians 4:17
This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
Hebrews 12:10
For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.
1 Peter 4:12-19
Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.