8 Bible Verses about Afflictions As Blessings In Disguise

See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.

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

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

I said to him, “Sir, you know.”

Then he told me:

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.