Ezekiel 21:13
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword despise even the rod? it shall be no more, says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 21:10
It is sharpened to make a great slaughter; it is polished that it may flash like lightning: should we then make mirth? it despised the rod of my son, like every tree.
Job 9:23
If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
2 Corinthians 8:2
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.