46 Bible Verses about Afflictions

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,

LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me. And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also perfect toward him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eyesight. With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect. With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary. And the afflicted people thou will save, but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may bring them down.

For he needs no further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment. He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, and sets others in their stead. Therefore he takes knowledge of their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. read more.
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard in any of his ways, so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.

I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

[O] the Almighty, we cannot find him out. He is excellent in power. And in justice and abundant righteousness he will not afflict.

For LORD will not cast off forever. For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the sons of men. read more.
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, to subvert a man in his cause, LORD does not approve. Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when LORD does not command it? Out of the mouth of the Most High does there not come evil and good. Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues, and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But all these things are the beginning of travail. Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name. And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other. read more.
And many FALSE prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. And because of the increased lawlessness, the love of the many will become cold. But he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness, while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.

But whether we are oppressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation, which works by endurance from the same sufferings that we also experience (and our hope for you is steadfast), or we are encouraged, it is for your encourage

Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not. read more.
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that is mute before its shearers, so he opened not his mouth. In his humiliation his justice was taken away. And as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke [was due]? And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death. Although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased LORD to bruise him. He has put him to grief. When thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied. By the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercessi

But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.

Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.

My son, despise not the chastening of LORD, nor be weary of his reproof. For whom LORD loves he reproves, {and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT)}.

And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?

But when we are judged by Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

For thou have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

My soul also is greatly troubled. And thou, O LORD, how long?

How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

LORD, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

O LORD God of hosts, how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers who did not believed in LORD their God.

And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against LORD, this same king Ahaz.

And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

and testified against them, that thou might bring them again to thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not hearken to thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), and withdre

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall. At the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says LORD.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i

For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hungerings,

Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.

And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hungerings,

Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.

And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.

And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.

And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?

Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.

And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

Therefore I ask that ye not become discouraged at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the [heavenly] agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us.

And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word has revived me.

But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and destroyed not. Yea, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry. And he remembered his covenant for them, and relented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. read more.
He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

And therefore LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. For LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. Thou shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry. When he shall hear, he will answer thee. And though LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet thy teachers shall not be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers. read more.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

But as for me, I will look to LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou have afflicted me.

For whom LORD loves he reproves, {and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT)}.

But when we are judged by Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

For whom Lord loves he chastens. And he whips every son whom he receives. Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

Deep calls to deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

Save me, O God, for the waters have come in to my soul.

Thy wrath lays hard upon me, and thou have afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul,

And though LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet thy teachers shall not be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Deep calls to deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.

But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company. And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face. He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me. read more.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me. God delivers me to the perverse, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark. His archers encompass me round about. He splits my reins apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall upon the ground. He breaks me with breach upon breach. He runs upon me like a giant. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust. My face is red with weeping, and the shadow of death is on my eyelids,

Thou caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water. But thou brought us out into a wealthy place.

For thou cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me. All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

However, because by this deed thou have given great occasion to the enemies of LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to thee shall surely die.

If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances, if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes,

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him. I hid [my face] and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of Lord? And now, behold, a hand of Lord is upon thee, and thou will be blind, not seeing the sun until a time. And immediately there fell on him gloom and darkness, and going around he sought hand-guides.

And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.

Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O LORD, and teach out of thy law,

LORD will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou will revive me. Thou will stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of LORD which thou have spoken is good. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?

But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.

But if he says thus, I have no delight in thee, behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.

Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.

persecutions, sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. I endured such persecutions, and the Lord rescued me out of them all. And also all those who want to live devoutly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in LORD. I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.

He will not always chide, nor will he keep [it] forever.

For a small moment I have forsaken thee, but with great mercies I will gather thee. In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on thee, says LORD thy Redeemer.

Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

But there shall be no gloom to her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jord

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, says LORD, for I am with thee. For I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee. But I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wa

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.

as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him, and he said, Behold, this evil is of LORD. Why should I wait for LORD any longer?

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

each man's work will become manifest. For the day will make it known, because it is revealed by fire. And the fire will test each man's work of what kind it is.

Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel.

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i

And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.

Woe is me, my mother, that thou have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, [yet] every one of them curses me.

Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.

And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely,

Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what thou want.

Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I, no, not drink it?

These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.

My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful.

for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this.

And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and where did they come from? And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.

For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the sons of men.

Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

And he said to Abram, Know of a certainty that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. And shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also I will judge that nation, whom they shall serve, and afterward they shall come out with great substance.

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you. But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone.

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you. But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.

To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy childbearing, in pain thou shall bring forth children. And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field. read more.
In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones. Not one of them is broken.

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is LORD. Let him do what seems him good.

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many dwellings, and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad.

And Joshua said, Alas, O lord LORD, why have thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!

And since he was not persuaded, we were quiet, having said, May the will of the Lord happen.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.

He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus.

For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what thou want.

Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I, no, not drink it?

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.

saying, Father, if thou want, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.

And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of LORD. And Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision. Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here I am. And he said, What is the thing that [LORD] has spoken to thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me. God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to thee. read more.
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is LORD. Let him do what seems him good.

And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely, who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. read more.
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out. And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. And he said, Why will thou go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward. Do not restrain my riding unless I bid thee. So she went, and came to the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite. Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her, and LORD has hid it from me, and has n Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, do not deceive me? Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way. If thou meet any man, do not salute him, and if any salute thee, do not answer him again. And lay my staff upon the face of the child. And the mother of the child said, As LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child, but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened. And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed to LORD. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands. And he stretched himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro, and went up, and stretched himself upon him. And the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground. And she took up her son, and went out.

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before LORD, which he had not commanded them. And there came forth fire from before LORD, and devoured them, and they died before LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me. And I will be glorified before all the people. And Aaron remained silent.

But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.

But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.