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Thematic Bible: Afflictions made beneficial


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Acts 8:3
But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison. Verse ConceptsArrestingIntimidationenemies, of believersChurchPrisonersPulling PeopleDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalPersecutionjail

Acts 11:19-21
So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Philippians 1:12
Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of 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 suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned. Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

2 Timothy 4:16-17
At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth.

Judges 4:3
The sons of Israel cried to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely 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 surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
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 accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries. Their heart cried out to the Lord, "O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest. "Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint because of 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 to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver. I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of 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
In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. Verse ConceptsEatingMannaTestingBeneficial Afflictions For FaithBeneficial Afflictions For HumilityAfflictions, Benefits OfUnknown ThingsGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

2 Chronicles 7:13-14
"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, and 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, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I did not hide;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt 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
So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you; intercede with the Lord, that He may remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded 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 my mother conceived 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 there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with 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
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord;
And 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
And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 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
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 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 I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth 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 have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
 Verse ConceptsSeasons, Of LifeSilverAfflictions, Benefits OfGod Testing PeopleThings Like SilverThings ImprovedGod Appointed AfflictionsTestsResolving Conflicttrying

Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But 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 despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. read more.
For we who live are constantly being delivered 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 may learn Your statutes.
 Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfAfflictions, Benefits OfEncouragement In LifePersonal GoodAfflictions

Isaiah 26:9
At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
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 will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time?
 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 would be born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

John 11:3
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” Verse ConceptsSick IndividualsChrist's LoveFriendship And LoveLosing A FriendIllnesslazarus

John 21:18-19
"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go." Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me!"

Deuteronomy 8:5
Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfFathers, Responsibilities Ofdiscipline, in the familydiscipline, divineChastisementKnowing God, Effects OfPunishment, By GodSonsThoughtfulnessGod Appointed AfflictionsStrictness

Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of 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
Now do not be grieved 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
"God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. "Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household 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 bears fruit, He prunes it so 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 seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26
But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. However, Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

Deuteronomy 4:30-31
"When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. "For the LORD your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

2 Chronicles 33:12
When he was in distress, he entreated 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 a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

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

Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore 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 tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what 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 truly 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 chastisement; I will not offend anymore; Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again'?

Luke 15:21
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; 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 fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.

Jonah 2:7
“While I 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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