Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long?
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of the hosts, when wilt thou have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
Why do the wicked live and become old and even increase in riches?
and been plagued all day long and chastened every morning:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes for his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his days by his wickedness.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice: as unto the good so unto the sinner; and unto him that swears as unto him that fears the oath.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, even though I dispute with thee: even so, I will speak judgments with thee; Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All those that completely rebel against thee have peace.
And if ye say, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not straight? Are not your ways crooked?
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour except in his own country and in his own house.
Who shall believe our report? and upon whom shall the arm of the LORD be manifested?
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As diamond harder than flint I have made thy forehead: do not fear them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
And the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save? Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity and cause me to behold grievance and destruction and violence before me, in addition to those that raise up strife and contention?
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and of Juda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not dishonoured except in his own country and among his own kin and in his own house.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
Why do the wicked live and become old and even increase in riches?
and been plagued all day long and chastened every morning:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes for his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his days by his wickedness.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice: as unto the good so unto the sinner; and unto him that swears as unto him that fears the oath.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, even though I dispute with thee: even so, I will speak judgments with thee; Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All those that completely rebel against thee have peace.
And if ye say, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not straight? Are not your ways crooked?
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
Why do the wicked live and become old and even increase in riches?
and been plagued all day long and chastened every morning:
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes for his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his days by his wickedness.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices and to him that does not sacrifice: as unto the good so unto the sinner; and unto him that swears as unto him that fears the oath.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, even though I dispute with thee: even so, I will speak judgments with thee; Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All those that completely rebel against thee have peace.
And if ye say, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not straight? Are not your ways crooked?
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my cry? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
LORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? why dost thou hide thy face from me?
Prayer » Habakkuk
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
Punishment » Delayed
God shall hear and bring them down, even he that abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, nor do they fear God.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou didst think that I was altogether such a one as thyself, but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes.
Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one responded; for because ye have disregarded all my counsel and rejected my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes upon you; read more.
when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you. Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you. Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil one hundred times and his judgment is prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those that fear God, who fear before his presence; but it shall never be well with the wicked, neither shall his days be prolonged, which are as a shadow, because he did not fear before the presence of God.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save? Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity and cause me to behold grievance and destruction and violence before me, in addition to those that raise up strife and contention? Therefore the law is weakened, and the judgment does not go forth true: for the wicked compasses about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long?
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Restore my soul from their destructions, my life from the lions.
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of the hosts, when wilt thou have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?