Afflictions and Adversities
Afflictions and Adversities
Miscellany of minor sub-topics:
– God regulates the measure of afflictions
Psa 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28
– Determines the continuance of
Gen 15:13-14; Num 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10
– Does not willingly send
Lam 3:33
– Man is born to
Job 5:6-7; Job 14:1
– Saints appointed to
1Th 3:3
– Consequent upon the fall
Gen 3:16-19
– Sin produces
Job 4:8; Job 20:11; Pro 1:31
– Sinners corrected by
2Sa 12:14; Psa 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Act 13:10-11
– Often severe
Job 16:7-16; Psa 42:7; Psa 66:12; Jon 2:3; Rev 7:14
– Always less than deserved
Ezr 9:13; Psa 103:10
– Results of, good
Gen 50:20; Exo 1:11-12; Deu 8:15-16; Jer 24:5-6; Eze 20:37
– Tempered with mercy
Psa 78:38-39; Psa 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; Lam 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Nah 1:12
Of Saints:
– To be expected
Joh 16:33; Act 14:22
– Comparatively light
Act 20:23-24; Rom 8:18; 2Co 4:17
– Temporary
Psa 30:5; Psa 103:9; Isa 54:7-8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 1Pe 5:10
– Joy under
Job 5:17; Jas 5:11
– End in joy and blessedness
Psa 126:5-6; Isa 61:2-3; Mat 5:4; 1Pe 4:13-14
– Often arise from the profession of the gospel
Mat 24:9; Joh 15:21; 2Ti 3:11-12
– Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Deu 8:5; Psa 119:75; Pro 3:12; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6-7; Rev 3:19
Of the wicked:
– God is glorified in
Exo 14:4; Eze 38:22-23
– God holds in derision
Psa 37:13; Pro 1:26-27
– Are multiplied
Deu 31:17; Job 20:5; Job 21:17; Psa 32:10
– Continual
Job 15:20; Ecc 2:23; Isa 32:10
– Often sudden
Psa 73:19; Pro 6:15; Isa 30:13; Rev 18:10
– Are often judicially sent
Job 21:17; Psa 107:17; Jer 30:15
– Are for examples to others
Psa 64:7-9; Zep 3:6-7; 1Co 10:5; 1Co 10:11; 2Pe 2:6
– Are ineffectual for their conversion
Exo 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17
– Their persecution of saints, a cause of
Deu 30:7; Psa 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6
– Impenitence is a cause of
Pro 1:30-31; Eze 24:13; Amo 4:6-12; Zec 7:11-12; Rev 2:21-22
– Sometimes humble them
1Ki 21:27
– Frequently harden
Neh 9:28-29; Jer 5:3
– Produce slavish fear
Job 15:24; Psa 73:19; Jer 49:3; Jer 49:5
– Saints should not be alarmed at
Pro 3:25-26
– Exemplified:
b In Pharaoh and the Egyptians
Exo 9:14-15; Exo 14:24-25
b In Ahaziah
2Ki 1:1-4
b In Gehazi
2Ki 5:27
b In Jehoram
2Ch 21:12-19
b In Uzziah
2Ch 26:19-21
b In Ahaz
2Ch 28:5-8; 2Ch 28:22
Forsaken by friends in, instances of
– General references
Job 2:9; Job 19:13-19
– David
Psa 31:11-12; Psa 41:9; Psa 88:8; Psa 88:18
– Jesus
Mat 26:56
– Paul
2Ti 4:16
National lessons from
Joe 1
Unclassified scriptures relating to
– General references
Gen 3:16-17; Deu 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Job 3:1-26; Job 5:6-7; Job 5:17-18; Job 6:1-30; Job 7:2-6; Job 9:18; Job 12:5; Job 14:1; Job 14:22; Job 16:6-14; Job 17:7-16; Job 19:7-20; Job 23:10; Job 30:15-19; Job 33:19-22; Job 36:8-12; Job 36:15; Psa 6:6-7; Psa 18:4-6; Psa 31:9-13; Psa 32:3-4; Psa 39:1-4; Psa 42:6-7; Psa 55:4-8; Psa 66:10-12; Psa 69:1-3; Psa 69:20; Psa 73:10; Psa 77:2-4; Psa 80:5-6; Psa 88:3-18; Psa 89:32; Psa 90:10; Psa 102:3-11; Psa 107:4-5; Psa 107:10; Psa 107:17-19; Psa 109:22-24; Psa 116:3; Psa 141:7; Psa 143:3-4; Pro 3:11-12; Pro 12:25; Pro 13:12; Pro 14:10; Pro 14:13; Pro 15:13; Pro 15:15; Pro 17:3; Pro 17:22; Pro 18:14; Ecc 2:22-23; Ecc 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; Isa 24:1-16; Isa 26:16-17; Isa 48:10; Lam 1:7; Lam 1:12; Lam 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mar 9:49; Joh 15:2; Joh 16:33; 2Co 1:8-9; 2Co 4:7-12; 2Co 4:16-17; 2Co 6:4-10; 2Co 11:23-30; Heb 12:6-7; Heb 12:9; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 3:19 Penitent; Persecution; Poor; Sorrow; Temptation
Benefits of
1Ki 8:33; 1Ki 8:35; 1Ki 8:47-53; Deu 4:30-31; Deu 30:1-2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11; Job 5:17; Job 23:10; Psa 94:12-13; Pro 3:11-12; Heb 12:5; Ecc 7:2-3; Isa 19:20; Isa 19:22; Isa 26:9; Isa 27:9; Jer 2:27; Jer 22:22-23; Jer 31:19; Lam 3:27-28; Eze 20:37; Eze 20:43; Eze 6:9; Hos 2:6-7; Hos 5:15; Rom 5:3-4; Rom 8:17; Rom 8:28; 2Co 4:17; Phi 1:12-14; Phi 1:19; Jas 1:2-4; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:7; 1Pe 4:14
Benefits of, illustrated
– General references
Gen 22:12; Gen 22:16-18; Gen 32:9-31; Gen 42:21; Exo 9:27-28; Exo 10:7; Exo 10:16-17; Exo 12:31-33; Num 21:7; Jdg 10:6-8; Jdg 10:10; 1Sa 12:9-10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 2Ch 33:12-13; Ezr 9:5-15; Neh 9:4-38; Job 34:31-32; Job 40:1-5; Psa 18:4-6; Psa 66:10-12; Psa 78:34-35; Psa 119:67; Psa 119:71; Isa 26:16; Jer 31:18-19; Lam 3:19-20; Hos 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Luk 15:11-24; Act 8:24
– Exemplified:
b Joseph’s brethren
Gen 42:21
b Joseph
Gen 45:5; Gen 45:7-8
b Israel
Deu 8:3; Deu 8:5
b Josiah
2Ki 22:19
b Hezekiah
2Ch 32:25-26
b Manasseh
2Ch 33:12
b Jonah
Jon 2:7
b Prodigal son
Luk 15:21
Consolation in
Gen 16:7-13; Gen 21:12-21; Gen 26:17-33; Gen 31:42; Exo 3:7-8; Exo 3:16-17; Exo 14:13-14; Deu 33:27; 2Sa 22:28; Job 5:6-27; Job 11:16-19; Job 16:5; Job 29:25; Job 31:19-22; Job 35:10; Psa 9:9-10; Psa 23:4; Psa 27:5-6; Psa 30:5; Psa 31:7; Psa 34:4; Psa 34:19-20; Psa 37:23-24; Psa 37:32-33; Psa 41:3; Psa 42:5; Psa 46:1; Psa 50:15; Psa 55:22; Psa 56:8-10; Psa 62:1-2; Psa 62:5-8; Psa 62:11-12; Psa 68:6; Psa 69:20; Psa 69:33; Psa 71:20; Psa 73:26; Psa 94:17-19; Psa 103:13-14; Psa 112:4; Psa 119:50; Psa 119:52; Psa 119:54; Psa 119:92; Psa 119:143; Psa 138:3; Psa 138:7-8; Psa 140:12; Psa 145:14; Psa 147:3; Pro 12:13; Ecc 4:1; Isa 4:6; Isa 14:31-32; Isa 25:4; Isa 30:19-20; Isa 40:1-2; Isa 40:29; Isa 41:10; Isa 41:13-14; Isa 41:17; Isa 42:3; Isa 43:2; Isa 49:13; Isa 50:4; Isa 50:7-10; Isa 51:3-13; Isa 54:4; Isa 54:11; Isa 58:10; Isa 61:1-3; Isa 63:9; Isa 66:5; Isa 66:13-14; Jer 31:13; Jer 31:25; Jer 39:17-18; Lam 3:31-33; Lam 3:57; Eze 11:16; Hos 2:14-15; Hos 6:1-3; Nah 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mat 5:4; Mat 5:10-12; Mat 10:29-31; Luk 12:6-7; Luk 21:18; Mat 11:28; Mat 14:27; Mar 6:50; Mat 25:34-36; Mat 25:40; Mat 28:5; Mat 28:9-10; Luk 6:21-23; Luk 7:13; Joh 14:1; Joh 14:16; Joh 14:18; Joh 14:27; Joh 15:18; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:20; Joh 16:22; Joh 16:33; Act 12:5; Act 23:11; Rom 8:28; Rom 8:35-39; Rom 12:12; Rom 15:4; 2Co 1:3-5; 2Co 1:7; 2Co 4:8-10; 2Co 4:16-17; 2Co 7:6; 2Co 12:9; Gal 6:2; Phi 1:19; 1Th 4:13; 1Th 4:16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2Th 2:16-17; 2Ti 2:12; 2Ti 4:17; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 2:18; Heb 4:15-16; Heb 6:18; Heb 12:1-4; Heb 13:3; Heb 13:5-6; Jas 1:12; Jas 1:27; Jas 5:8; Jas 5:10; 1Pe 2:21-24; 1Pe 4:12-14; 1Pe 5:7; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 2:9-10; Rev 3:2; Rev 3:10; Rev 7:14-17
Deliverance from
Prayer, Answered
Design of
– General references
Deu 8:2; Deu 8:16; Deu 30:1-3; Deu 31:17; Jdg 2:21-22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 6:24-31; 2Ch 7:13-14; Job 33:11; Job 33:16-30; Job 36:8-10; Psa 66:10; Psa 106:43-44; Psa 107:10-14; Psa 107:17-21; Psa 107:23-31; Psa 119:71; Ecc 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; Isa 4:3-4; Isa 9:13-14; Isa 52:5-6; Jer 24:5; Lam 1:5; Eze 6:10; Eze 14:10-11; Dan 4:25-27; Dan 4:34; Hos 5:15; Amo 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Joh 9:2-3; Joh 11:4; Joh 15:2; Joh 21:19; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 1:4-6; 2Co 4:11; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 12:7; Phi 1:29-30; 2Th 1:4-5; Heb 2:10-18; Heb 5:8-9; Heb 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6-7; 1Pe 5:10; Rev 2:10 Afflictions and Adversities, Benefits of
Despondency in
Job 4:5; Job 9:16-35; Psa 22:1-2; Pro 24:10; Lam 3:39; Mar 15:34; Mat 27:46; Luk 18:1
Dispensation of God
Exo 4:11; Deu 4:5-31; Deu 28:15-68; Deu 32:39; Rth 1:20-21; 1Sa 2:6-7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 2Ki 15:5; 2Ch 7:12-22; Job 1:21; Job 5:6; Job 5:17-18; Job 6:4; Job 9:12; Job 9:22; Job 10:8; Job 11:10; Job 12:14-25; Job 19:6; Job 19:21; Job 21:17; Job 23:16; Job 27:2; Job 30:11; Job 34:29; Psa 38:3; Psa 66:11; Psa 71:20; Psa 78:31-34; Psa 88:6-7; Psa 88:16; Psa 89:38-45; Psa 90:7; Psa 90:15; Psa 102:10; Psa 102:23; Isa 30:20; Isa 45:7; Jer 45:3; Lam 1:5; Lam 3:1; Dan 4:24-26; Amo 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Rom 8:20; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:10; Rev 3:19
From Satan
– General references
Job 1; 2Co 12:7 Temptation
Impenitence in
Afflictions and Adversities, Obduracy in
Mocking at
Job 12:5; Pro 17:5
Murmuring in
Murmuring
Obduracy in
– General references
Lev 26:23-24; Lev 26:27-28; Job 36:12-13; Psa 78:31-32; Isa 8:21; Isa 9:13; Isa 22:12-13; Isa 26:11; Isa 42:25; Isa 57:17; Jer 2:30; Jer 2:35; Jer 3:3; Jer 5:3; Jer 7:28; Dan 9:13; Hos 7:9-10; Hos 7:14; Hos 9:17; Amo 4:6-11; Zep 3:2; Zep 3:7; Hag 2:17; Rev 9:20-21; Rev 16:9-11; Rev 16:21 Judgment; Impenitence
– Instances of:
b Pharaoh
Exo 8:19; Exo 9:30-34; Exo 14:5-9
b Asa
2Ch 16:12
b Ahaz
2Ch 28:22-23
Penitence in, instances of:
– Pharaoh
Exo 8:8; Exo 9:27-30; Exo 12:30-31; Exo 14:5-9
– David
2Sa 12:15-16; 2Sa 12:23
– Nebuchadnezzar
Dan 4:28-37
– Levites
Neh 9:33
Prayer in
– General references
Gen 32:11; Gen 43:14; Exo 17:4; Num 20:16; 1Sa 1:10-11; 2Sa 12:22; 2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 22:7; 1Ki 8:35-50; 2Ch 6:24-39; 2Ki 19:16; 2Ki 19:19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 14:11; 2Ch 20:4-13; 2Ch 33:12-13; Neh 4:4-5; Neh 4:9; Neh 6:9; Neh 6:14; Neh 9:32; Job 10:2; Job 10:9; Job 10:15; Job 13:21; Job 16:20; Psa 3:1-2; Psa 3:7; Psa 4:1; Psa 5:8; Psa 6:1-7; Psa 7:1-2; Psa 7:6-7; Psa 9:13-14; Psa 10:1; Psa 10:12-15; Psa 13:1-4; Psa 16:1; Psa 17:1-2; Psa 17:6-9; Psa 17:13-14; Psa 20:1-2; Psa 22:1-21; Psa 25:2; Psa 25:16-19; Psa 25:22; Psa 27:11-12; Psa 28:1; Psa 30:9; Psa 31:1-4; Psa 31:14-18; Psa 31:9; Psa 35:1-3; Psa 35:17; Psa 35:19; Psa 35:22-23; Psa 35:25; Psa 38:1-22; Psa 39:10; Psa 39:12-13; Psa 40:13; Psa 40:17; Psa 42:9; Psa 43:1-5; Psa 44:4; Psa 44:23-26; Psa 50:15; Psa 54:1-3; Psa 55:1-17; Psa 56:1-13; Psa 57:1-2; Psa 59:1-17; Psa 60:1-3; Psa 60:11; Psa 61:1-2; Psa 64:1-2; Psa 69:1-36; Psa 70:1-5; Psa 71:1-24; Psa 74:1-23; Psa 77:1-20; Psa 79:1-13; Psa 80:1-16; Psa 83:1-18; Psa 85:5-7; Psa 86:1-17; Psa 88:9-14; Psa 89:39-51; Psa 90:15; Psa 94:1-23; Psa 102:2; Psa 102:24; Psa 106:47; Psa 108:6; Psa 108:12; Psa 109:1-31; Psa 116:4; Psa 119:22; Psa 119:28; Psa 119:39; Psa 119:41-42; Psa 119:76-77; Psa 119:82; Psa 119:84; Psa 119:107; Psa 119:121-123; Psa 119:134; Psa 119:145-149; Psa 119:153-154; Psa 119:170; Psa 119:173; Psa 120:2; Psa 123:3-4; Psa 126:4; Psa 130:1-8; Psa 140:1-13; Psa 141:1-10; Psa 142:1-2; Psa 142:5-7; Psa 143:1-12; Isa 33:2; Isa 38:2-3; Isa 38:14-19; 2Ki 20:3; Isa 51:9; Isa 63:15-17; Isa 64:1; Isa 64:9-12; Jer 10:24; Jer 14:8-9; Jer 14:19-21; Jer 32:16-25; Jer 15:15; Jer 16:19; Jer 17:17-18; Jer 18:19; Jer 20:7-8; Lam 1; Dan 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; Jon 2:1-10; Hab 1:12-13; Mat 8:25; Mat 14:30; Mat 15:22-28; Mat 26:39; Mat 26:42; Mat 26:44; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Mat 27:46; Mar 15:34; Luk 23:46; Luk 18:1; Joh 11:3; Act 4:29-30; Act 7:59-60; 2Co 12:8; Jas 5:13-16 Prayer
Prayer in, answered
Prayer, Answered
Prayer for the afflicted
Intercession
Resignation in
– General references
Job 5:17; Job 13:15; Job 34:31-32; Job 34:34; Psa 46:10; Psa 4:4; Psa 37:1; Pro 3:11; Lam 3:22-36; Lam 3:39; Mic 6:9; Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Joh 18:11; Luk 21:19; Rom 5:3; Rom 12:12; 2Co 12:9; Phi 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 2Ti 4:5; Heb 10:34; Heb 12:3-12; Jas 1:10; Jas 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 1Pe 2:20; 1Pe 4:12-13; 1Pe 4:19; 1Pe 5:6-7 Resignation
Resignation in, exemplified
– General references
Jdg 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 2Sa 15:26; 2Sa 16:10; 2Sa 16:12; 2Sa 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 2Ki 20:19; Isa 39:8; Neh 9:33; Est 4:16; Job 1:21-22; Job 2:10; Job 13:15; Job 14:14; Psa 39:9; Psa 71:20; Psa 119:75; Jer 10:19; Lam 1:18; Lam 3:39; Dan 9:14; Mic 7:9; Luk 23:40-41; Act 21:14; Rom 5:3-4; 2Co 6:4-10; 2Co 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jas 5:11 Resignation
Instances of resignation in:
– Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu
Lev 10:1-3
– Eli, when judgments against his house were foretold
1Sa 3:15-18
– David, at the death of his child
2Sa 12:23
– The Shunammite
2Ki 4:18-37
– Jesus, in Gethsemane
Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Joh 18:11
– Paul and Silas in prison
Act 16:23-25