Thematic Bible: Consolation under Affliction


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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.




And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristBrotherly LoveGod Will ComfortThe Gospel Of Salvation


Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.





Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.











Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. read more.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Verse ConceptsBrokennessBrokenheartedencouragement, examples ofSensitivitySympathyAfflictions, Consolation DuringHeartbreakBeing ReprovedNo ComfortHealing A Broken HeartHealing And ComfortDespairA Broken Heartheartbrokenpity

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. Verse ConceptsCheeksBetrayalNightFeelings Of Rejection By GodWeepingAfflictions, Consolation DuringHanding Over PeopleFriends FailingNo ComfortPeople Mourning Catastrophe





For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God


Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAfflictions, Consolation DuringA Time Of SalvationGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Comfort



Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation


O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.


Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringLovingkindnessGod Will Comfort

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAfflicted SaintsEarth, God's GloryJoy, And Human ExperienceSingingSongsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedMothers DeathFinding Comfort In God

And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedGod Will No More Be AngryWe Thank GodreunitingFinding Comfort In God

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Consolation DuringGod Will ComfortPeace And Comfortgreatness

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAfflictions, Consolation DuringmomsMotherhoodbreasts


Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. Verse ConceptsMentoringAgingExperience, of GodGenerationsGod, Power OfInexperienceMouthsOld Age, Attitudes ToSanctity Of LifeHope For Old PeopleGreyDo Not Forsake Us!Hair

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Verse ConceptsGrace, And SalvationSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfAfflictions, Consolation DuringGrace, The Source OfEternal BlessingGod Will ComfortJustified By GraceThe Hope Of The GospelHope For The Righteous


For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Verse ConceptsCertaintyGod Is TruthfulAfflictions, Consolation DuringTypes Of ChristImpossible For GodHow God Can't LieTwo Intangible ThingsGod EncouragingOthers Who FledThe Hope Of The GospelimpossibleFinding Comfort In God



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