Thematic Bible: Afflictions made beneficial
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In furthering the gospel
But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.
Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only. And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good-news, the Lord Jesus. And the hand of Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
But I want you to know, brothers, that the things in respect to me have come more for the advancement of the good-news,
within which I suffer evil to the point of bonds as an evildoer, but the word of God is not bound.
At my first defense no man came with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to seek God in prayer
And the sons of Israel cried to LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he mightily oppressed the sons of Israel twenty years.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.
LORD has done that which he purposed. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. And he has caused the enemy to rejoice over thee. He has exalted the horn of thine advers Their heart cried to LORD. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give thyself no respite. Let not the apple of thine eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out thy heart like water before the face of LORD. Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young sons, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away, I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
Afflictions made beneficial » In humbling us
And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers did not know, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end.
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to confession of sin
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against LORD, and against thee. Pray to LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Afflictions made beneficial » In exercising our patience
For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.
I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
Afflictions made beneficial » In exhibiting the power and faithfulness of God
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones. Not one of them is broken.
restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing, persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body. read more.
For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.
For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.
Afflictions made beneficial » In teaching us the will of God
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
The voice of LORD cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who has appointed it.
Afflictions made beneficial » In promoting the glory of God
And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind? Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou love is sick.
Truly, truly, I say to thee, When thou were younger, thou girded thyself, and walked where thou would, but when thou become old, thou will stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee where thou do not want. Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Israel
And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.
And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Joseph
And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Afflictions made beneficial » In rendering us fruitful in good works
Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.
For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness. But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » hezekiah
But Hezekiah did not render again according to the benefit done to him. For his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
Afflictions made beneficial » In turning us to God
When thou are in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, in the latter days thou shall return to LORD thy God, and hearken to his voice. For LORD thy God is a merciful God. He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore to them.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Manasseh
And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Afflictions made beneficial » In purifying us
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Afflictions made beneficial » In trying our faith and obedience
And it came to pass after these things, that God proved Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou love, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Josiah
because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before LORD when thou heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn thy clothes, and
Afflictions made beneficial » In keeping us from again departing from God
For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]. Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Prodigal son
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Afflictions made beneficial » In convincing us of sin
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of afflictions, then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Jonah
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered LORD. And my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple.
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