'Affliction' in the Bible

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, 'Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'

"'If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.

and if thus Thou art doing to me -- slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'

"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me;

Also the Lord will bring on you every sickness and every plague which is not written in this book of this law, until you are destroyed.

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.

And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God'shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over My people Israel. He will save them from the hand of the Philistines because I have seen the affliction of My people, for their cry has come to Me.”

It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house;

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

'And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.

whatever prayer or petitionanyone from your people Israel might have—each man knowing his own affliction and suffering,and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

Yahweh is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

“But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline];They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,God, who vindicates me.You freed me from affliction;be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Be gracious to me, Lord;consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.Lift me up from the gates of death,

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful lovebecause You have seen my affliction.You have known the troubles of my life

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,and my relatives stand at a distance.

Remove from me your affliction. By the opposition of your hand I perish.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Those who sing as well as those who dance say, "All my springs are in you." A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

no evil will fall upon you, and no affliction will approach your tent,

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Fools suffered afflictionbecause of their rebellious ways and their sins.

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

{A Song of degrees.} Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction;

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

Furthermore, all his days he lives in darkness with great sorrow, anger, and affliction.

a man to whom God gives wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks none of his heart's desires but God does not give him the capability to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger consumes them. This is pointless and a grievous affliction.

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

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

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; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, "I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?

The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

For He does not enjoy bringing afflictionor suffering on mankind.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done it?

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy.

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

For the idols speak falsehood,and the diviners see illusions;they relate empty dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep;they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.