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Thematic Bible: Afflictions made beneficial


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Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Verse ConceptsArrestingIntimidationenemies, of believersChurchPrisonersPulling PeopleDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalPersecutionjail

Acts 11:19-21
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

Philippians 1:12
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, Verse ConceptsBeneficial Affliction In Furthering The GospelAfflictions, Benefits OfGrowth In ProclamationThe Gospel PreachedServingEverything Happening For A ReasonSpreading The Gospelpartnershiptrails

2 Timothy 2:9
for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

2 Timothy 4:16-17
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

Judges 4:3
Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, for he had chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years. Verse ConceptsBeggarsOppression, God's Attitude ToPrayer, As Asking GodAnswered PrayerAfflictions, Benefits OfCrying To GodSeven To Nine Hundred20 To 30 YearsIron Objects

Jeremiah 31:18
I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God

Lamentations 2:17-19
The LORD has done what he purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago; he has thrown down without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you and exalted the might of your foes. Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite! "Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."

Hosea 5:14-15
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue. I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Verse ConceptsSpiritual HungerMannaMouthsSpeech, DivineWordsBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityBibleSpiritual Life, Maintained ByBible, Given ForAfflictions, Benefits OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfUnknown ThingsReceiving God's WordBreadFeeding The Poorhunger

Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. Verse ConceptsEatingMannaTestingBeneficial Afflictions For FaithBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityAfflictions, Benefits OfUnknown ThingsGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

2 Chronicles 7:13-14
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name 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 heal their land.

Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah Verse ConceptsAcknowledge, SinIniquity, Believer's Relation ToCoveringdrought, spiritualBlameAssurance, nature ofGuilt, Removal OfSanctification, Means And ResultsAfflictions, Benefits OfGod Has ForgivenPsalm InterjectionsSin ConfessedConfession of sinForgiving YourselfGuiltAcknowledgedconfessing

Numbers 21:7
And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodMoses, Significance OfRepentance, Examples OfAcknowledge, SinAfflictions, Benefits OfPraying For SinnersWe Have SinnedComplaints

Psalm 51:3
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Verse ConceptsRegretAcknowledge, SinAfflictions, Benefits OfConviction Of SinPainful MemoriesSelf KnowledgeSin Clings To The SinnerHuman Awareness Of GuiltAcknowledged

Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombAdam, Results Of SinUnborn Fetusesethics, and graceBeing Born In SinBirth, PhysicalHuman NatureSanctification, Nature And BasisSin, Universality OfWombDepravity Of ManThe Sin NatureOrigins Of SinParents SinRegretting BirthBabies Sinful From Birthmoms

1 Peter 2:20
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsFloggingGood WorksPatience, ProducesAfflictions, Benefits OfSuffering For Christ's SakeAccepting BeatingsBe Patient!Christ's Disciples Will SufferPeople Commended By GodSource Of HonourSufferingDoing The Right ThingBeing PatientDoing Your BestPatience In RelationshipsPatience In Hard TimesMaking Mistakeshumorpatientpatientsrehabilitationpeter

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. Verse ConceptsPatience, In Christian LivingPrayer, Persistence InReceptivenessPatience ExercisedAfflictions, Benefits OfThose Who Wait For GodGod Paid Attention To MeWaiting On The LordWaiting For God's Timing

Romans 5:3
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, Verse ConceptsCharacterPatience, ProducesPatiencePatience, The Nature OfAfflictions, Benefits OfRejoicing In TribulationDistressChrist's Disciples Will SufferRejoicing In TrialRejoicing In ChristAfflictionsstruggleSufferingEnduranceLife StrugglesRelationship TroublesStress And Hard TimesChange And GrowthPatience In RelationshipsStrugglesPatience In Hard TimesPersistenceHard Work And PerseveranceMaturityperserverancepatientperseveringexperiencetrailsTaking Risks With Faith

James 1:3
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Verse ConceptsCharacterPatience, ProducesTrialsPatience, The Nature OfAfflictions, Benefits OfGod Testing PeopleMaintaining FaithEnduringPatienceHard Timesfaith in hard timesHope In Hard TimesEnduranceLife StrugglesHope And FaithOvercoming Hard TimesBeing PatientExerciseHardshipStrugglesPatience In Hard TimesTestsSuccess And Hard WorkOvercoming AdversityPersistenceHard Work And PerseveranceMaturityperserverancepatientpatientsperseveringsteadfasttrailstrying

Job 23:10
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingMan's Waysevil, victory overMetalsProving, Through TestingTestingValuesAfflictions, Benefits OfAlchemyGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyTeststrying

Psalm 66:10
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. Verse ConceptsSeasons, Of LifeSilverAfflictions, Benefits OfGod Testing PeopleThings Like SilverThings ImprovedGod Appointed AfflictionsTestsResolving Conflicttrying

Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. Verse ConceptsFurnacesdrossGoldProving, Through TestingSilverAfflictions, Benefits OfGod, All knowingGod Testing PeoplePurityTestspotexams

Psalm 34:19-20
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

2 Corinthians 4:8-11
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. read more.
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfAfflictions, Benefits OfEncouragement In LifePersonal GoodAfflictions

Isaiah 26:9
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Desiresdiscipleship, nature ofLonging For GodEarth, Judgment OfNightPrayer, As A Relationship With GodThirstAfflictions, Benefits Of

Micah 6:9
The voice of the LORD cries to the city-- and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it! Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureGod Appointed AfflictionsAssembling IsraelGod's VoicePay Attention To God!Other References To God's NameFear God!God Gives Wisdom

John 9:1-3
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." Verse ConceptsSick IndividualsChrist's LoveFriendship And LoveLosing A FriendIllnesslazarus

John 21:18-19
Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go." (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me."

Deuteronomy 8:5
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFathers, Responsibilities Ofdiscipline, in the familydiscipline, divineChastisementKnowing God, Effects OfPunishment, By GodSonsThoughtfulnessGod Appointed AfflictionsStrictness

Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Verse ConceptsSpiritual HungerMannaMouthsSpeech, DivineWordsBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityBibleSpiritual Life, Maintained ByBible, Given ForAfflictions, Benefits OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfUnknown ThingsReceiving God's WordBreadFeeding The Poorhunger

Genesis 45:5
And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

Genesis 45:7-8
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristPruningChastisementSuffering, Of BelieversUnfruitfulnessAfflictions, Benefits OfBearingCommandments Of ChristCutting Off BranchesThe Source Of FruitClean ObjectsBranches Of Christflexibilityfruitfulnesscutting

Hebrews 12:10-11
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26
But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

Deuteronomy 4:30-31
When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtHumilityHumility, Examples OfPrayer, Offered WithAfflicted Saints, Examples OfSeeking The Favour Of God

Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.

Genesis 22:1-2
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us." Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

2 Kings 22:19
because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsHumilityRepentance, Examples OfRenewed HeartPenitentConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfHumbling OneselfHumble YourselfChanging Yourself

Job 34:31-32
"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?

Luke 15:21
And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRepentance, Examples OfConviction Of SinAfflicted Saints, Examples OfWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

Job 36:8-9
And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

Jonah 2:7
When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Verse ConceptsRememberingAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFaintingThe Temple In HeavenGod Answered PrayerBelievers Remembering God

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