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 pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress 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 tried you in the furnace of affliction.

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror. When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.

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