Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
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Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
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Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
growing old and becoming powerful?
and punished every morning.
In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.
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Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.
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even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
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What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
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Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were offended by Him.
But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”
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But Jesus said to them,
And who has the arm of the Lord
Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don't be afraid of them or discouraged by [the look on] their faces, even though they are a rebellious house."
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.
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How long, Lord, must I call for help and You do not listen, or cry out to You about violence and You do not save? Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't His sisters here with us?" So they were offended by Him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household."
He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.
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Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
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Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
growing old and becoming powerful?
and punished every morning.
In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.
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Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.
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even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
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What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
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Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.
growing old and becoming powerful?
and punished every morning.
In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.
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Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.
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even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it My way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
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What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
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Prayer » Answer to, delayed
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
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and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [Why are You] so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning? My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.
Why do You hide Your face from me?
Now at the end of 10 days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah,
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Prayer » Habakkuk
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Punishment » Delayed
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.
Since I called out and you refused, extended my hand and no one paid attention, since you neglected all my counsel and did not accept my correction, I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when terror strikes you, read more.
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you. Then they will call me, but I won't answer; they will search for me, but won't find me. Because they hated knowledge, didn't choose to fear the Lord, were not interested in my counsel, and rejected all my correction,
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you. Then they will call me, but I won't answer; they will search for me, but won't find me. Because they hated knowledge, didn't choose to fear the Lord, were not interested in my counsel, and rejected all my correction,
Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, therefore the heart of people is filled [with the desire] to commit crime. Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him. However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.
How long, Lord, must I call for help and You do not listen, or cry out to You about violence and You do not save? Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates. This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
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Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
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