Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Be convinced in your heart that as a father disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
But Naomi replied, "Don't call me "Naomi'! Call me "Mara'! That's because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
"He tore me apart when I was at ease; grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces then he really made me his target.
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
"Son of Man, pay attention! I'm about to take away your most precious treasure with a single, fatal stroke, but you are not to mourn, weep, nor even let tears well up in your eyes.
Afflictions » From God
Be convinced in your heart that as a father disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
But Naomi replied, "Don't call me "Naomi'! Call me "Mara'! That's because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
"He tore me apart when I was at ease; grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces then he really made me his target.
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
"Son of Man, pay attention! I'm about to take away your most precious treasure with a single, fatal stroke, but you are not to mourn, weep, nor even let tears well up in your eyes.
Anger of God » Manifested in judgments and afflictions
"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?
He inflicted his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, sending destroying angels among them. He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence. He struck every firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their manhood in the tents of Ham.
From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor.
Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm about to pour out my anger and my wrath on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground. It will burn, and it won't be put out."
They'll fling their silver into the streets, and their gold will be cast away as impure. Their silver and gold won't be able to deliver them during the time of the LORD's wrath. They won't be able to satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs, because their iniquity has tripped them up."
And with whom was he angry for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned and whose bodies fell dead in the wilderness?
Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances, if they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commands, then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes.
Indeed, we are consumed by your anger and terrified by your wrath. You have set our iniquities before you, what we have concealed in the light of your presence. All our days pass away in your wrath; our years fade away and end like a sigh.
LORD our God, you answered them; you were their God who forgave them, but also avenged their evil deeds.
Trials » From God
Be convinced in your heart that as a father disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
But Naomi replied, "Don't call me "Naomi'! Call me "Mara'! That's because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
"He tore me apart when I was at ease; grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces then he really made me his target.
I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
"Son of Man, pay attention! I'm about to take away your most precious treasure with a single, fatal stroke, but you are not to mourn, weep, nor even let tears well up in your eyes.