Ezekiel 21:13
"'For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign Lord.'
Ezekiel 21:10
It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!
Job 9:23
If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:25
"'As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,
2 Corinthians 8:2
that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.