8 Bible Verses about Afflictions As Blessings In Disguise

"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"

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

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.