13 Bible Verses about Misery
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For you yourself will forget your misery; you will remember [it] as water [that] has flowed past.
destruction and distress [are] in their paths,
In the morning you shall say, '{If only it was evening}!' and in the evening you shall say '{If only it was morning}!' because of the dread of your heart that you shall feel, and because of the sight of your eyes that you shall see.
{Whenever} they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them to harm [them], just as Yahweh warned, and just as Yahweh had sworn to them. And {they were very distressed}.
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul said, "{I am in distress}! For [the] Philistines [are about] to make war against me, but God has turned away from me, and he does not answer me any more, not {by the prophets} or by the dreams. So I called to you to let me know what I should do."
"All of the wicked [one's] days he is writhing, even [through] the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.
Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse.
[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!
Then David said to Gad, "{I am very troubled}. Let me into the hand of Yahweh, for his compassion is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of a man."
From Thematic Bible
Conviction of sin » Conviction of sin results of » Misery
And [when he] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
Covetousness » Leads to » Misery
For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.
Evil » Associations » Results of » Misery
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.
After this he fell in love [with] a woman in the wadi of Sorek, and her name [was] Delilah.
Evil » Results of » Misery
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.
After this he fell in love [with] a woman in the wadi of Sorek, and her name [was] Delilah.
greed » Results of » Misery
Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.
Sin » Conviction of, results of » Misery
And [when he] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
Sins » Increment » Misery
"All of the wicked [one's] days he is writhing, even [through] the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul said, "{I am in distress}! For [the] Philistines [are about] to make war against me, but God has turned away from me, and he does not answer me any more, not {by the prophets} or by the dreams. So I called to you to let me know what I should do."
In the morning you shall say, '{If only it was evening}!' and in the evening you shall say '{If only it was morning}!' because of the dread of your heart that you shall feel, and because of the sight of your eyes that you shall see.
Topics on Misery
The Misery Of Greed
Proverbs 1:19Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.
