16 occurrences

'Suffering' in the Bible

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

He will require the woman to drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause bitter suffering.

Verse ConceptsBitter WaterRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitternessInfidelity

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

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—

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

Verse ConceptsGriefWeeksSeven DaysSitting In FellowshipIndividuals Being SilentLosing Friendsgrieving

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, what have I lost?

Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPeople Being SilentMere Talk

Now my life is poured out before my eyes,and days of suffering have seized me.

Verse ConceptsDepression

I am churning within and cannot rest;days of suffering confront me.

Verse ConceptsStressBowelsIndigestion

But He lifts the needy out of their sufferingand makes their families multiply like flocks.

Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorHelping The PoorProtecting Your Family

Woe to me because of my brokenness—I am severely wounded!I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,but I must bear it.”

Verse ConceptsInjurySorrowWoeWoundsEnduringNo HealingMental IllnessSickness

Even if He causes suffering,He will show compassionaccording to His abundant, faithful love.

Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving

For He does not enjoy bringing afflictionor suffering on mankind.

Verse ConceptsGod UnwillingTragedygrieving

You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

Verse ConceptsThe Curse Of The LawTithes And OfferingEclipsecheaters

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