Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD?how long?
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
Then the angel of the LORD replied, "O LORD of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
"'Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not equal." Hear now, house of Israel: "Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?"
saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
LORD, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house."
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the anger of my spirit; and the hand of the LORD was strong on me.
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save? Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
He said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
"'Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not equal." Hear now, house of Israel: "Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?"
saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
"'Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not equal." Hear now, house of Israel: "Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?"
saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
Prayer » Habakkuk
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
Punishment » Delayed
God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who do not fear God.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; read more.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Because 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 commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him. But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save? Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD?how long?
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
Then the angel of the LORD replied, "O LORD of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"