7 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Purpose Of

In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

I will go away and return to My place
Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.
When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,