Afflictions and Adversities

MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
God regulates the measure of afflictionsPsa 80:5 Isa 9:1 Jer 46:28
Determines the continuance ofGen 15:13 Gen 15:14 Num 14:33 Isa 10:25 Jer 29:10
Does not willingly sendLam 3:33
Man is born toJob 5:6 Job 5:7 Job 14:1
Saints appointed to1Th 3:3
Consequent upon the fallGen 3:16–19
Sin producesJob 4:8 Job 20:11 Pro 1:31
Sinners corrected by2Sa 12:14 Psa 89:30–32 Isa 57:17 Act 13:10 Act 13:11
Often severeJob 16:7–16 Psa 42:7 Psa 66:12 Jon 2:3 Rev 7:14
Always less than deservedEzr 9:13 Psa 103:10
Results of, goodGen 50:20 Exo 1:11 Exo 1:12 Deu 8:15 Deu 8:16 Jer 24:5 Jer 24:6 Ezk 20:37
Tempered with mercyPsa 78:38 Psa 78:39 Psa 106:43–46 Isa 30:18–21 Lam 3:32 Mic 7:7–9 Nam 1:12
OF SAINTS
To be expectedJhn 16:33 Act 14:22
Comparatively lightAct 20:23 Act 24 Rom 8:18 2Co 4:17
TemporaryPsa 30:5 Psa 103:9 Isa 54:7 Isa 54:8 Jhn 16:20 1Pe 1:6 1Pe 5:10
Joy underJob 5:17 Jas 5:11
End in joy and blessednessPsa 126:5 Psa 126:6 Isa 61:2 Isa 61:3 Mat 5:4 1Pe 4:13 1Pe 4:14
Often arise from the profession of the gospelMat 24:9 Jhn 15:21 2Ti 3:11 2Ti 3:12
Exhibit the love and faithfulness of GodDeu 8:5 Psa 119:75 Pro 3:12 1Co 11:32 Heb 12:6 Heb 12:7 Rev 3:19
OF THE WICKED
God is glorified inExo 14:4 Ezk 38:22 Ezk 38:23
God holds in derisionPsa 37:13 Pro 1:26 Pro 1:27
Are multipliedDeu 31:17 Job 20:5 Job 21:17 Psa 32:10
ContinualJob 15:20 Ecc 2:23 Isa 32:10
Often suddenPsa 73:19 Pro 6:15 Isa 30:13 Rev 18:10
Are often judicially sentJob 21:17 Psa 107:17 Jer 30:15
Are for examples to othersPsa 64:7–9 Zep 3:6 Zep 3:7 1Co 10:5 1Co 10:11 2Pe 2:6
Are ineffectual for their conversionExo 9:30 Isa 9:13 Jer 2:30 Hag 2:17
Their persecution of saints, a cause ofDeu 30:7 Psa 55:19 Zec 2:9 2Th 1:6
Impenitence is a cause ofPro 1:30 Pro 1:31 Ezk 24:13 Amo 4:6–12 Zec 7:11 Zec 7:12 Rev 2:21 Rev 22
Sometimes humble them1Ki 21:27
Frequently hardenNeh 9:28 Neh 9:29 Jer 5:3
Produce slavish fearJob 15:24 Psa 73:19 Jer 49:3 Jer 49:5
Saints should not be alarmed atPro 3:25 Pro 3:26
Exemplified
In Pharaoh and the EgyptiansExo 9:14 Exo 9:15 Exo 14:24 Exo 14:25
Ahaziah2Ki 1:1–4
Gehazi2Ki 5:27
Jehoram2Ch 21:12–19
Uzziah2Ch 26:19–21
Ahaz, etc2Ch 28:5–8 2Ch 28:22
FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OFJob 2:9 Job 19:13–19
DavidPsa 31:11 Psa 31:12 Psa 41:9 Psa 88:8 Psa 88:18
JesusMat 26:56
Paul2Ti 4:16
NATIONAL LESSONS FROMJol 1 Jol 2
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGen 3:16 Gen 3:17 Deu 8:5 2Sa 7:14 Job 3:1–26 Job 5:6 Job 5:7 Job 5:17 Job 5:18 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 Psa 6:7 Psa 18:4–6 Psa 31:9–13 Psa 32:3 Psa 32:4 Psa 39:1–4 Psa 42:6 Psa 42:7 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 Psa 80:6 Psa 88:3–18 Psa 89:32 Psa 90:10 Psa 102:3–11 Psa 107:4 Psa 107:5 Psa 107:10 Psa 107:17–19 Psa 109:22–24 Psa 116:3 Psa 141:7 Psa 143:3 Psa 143:4 Pro 3:11 Pro 3:12 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 Ecc 2:23 Ecc 7:2–4 Isa 1:6 Isa 24:1–16 Isa 26:16 Isa 26:17 Isa 48:10 Lam 1:7 Lam 1:12 Lam 3:1–36 Zec 13:9 Mrk 9:49 Jhn 15:2 Jhn 16:33 2Co 1:8 2Co 1:9 2Co 4:7–12 2Co 4:16 2Co 4:17 2Co 6:4–10 2Co 11:23–30 Heb 12:6 Heb 12:7 Heb 12:9 1Pe 5:9 Rev 3:19
BENEFITS OF 1KI 8:33,35,47-53Deu 4:30 Deu 4:31 Deu 30:1 Deu 30:2 2Ch 6:28–31 Job 5:6–11 Job 5:17 Job 23:10 Psa 94:12 Psa 94:13 Pro 3:11 Pro 3:12 Heb 12:5 Ecc 7:2 Ecc 7:3 Isa 19:20 Isa 19:22 Isa 26:9 Isa 27:9 Jer 2:27 Jer 22:22 Jer 22:23 Jer 31:19 Lam 3:27 Lam 3:28 Ezk 20:37 Ezk 20:43 Ezk 6:9 Hos 2:6 Hos 2:7 Hos 5:15 Rom 5:3 Rom 5:4 Rom 8:17 Rom 8:28 2Co 4:17 Php 1:12–14 Php 1:19 Heb 12:5 Jas 1:2–4 Jas 1:12 1Pe 1:7 1Pe 4:14
BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATEDGen 22:12 Gen 22:16–18 Gen 32:11 Gen 42:21 Exo 9:27 Exo 9:28 Exo 10:7 Exo 10:16 Exo 10:17 Exo 12:31–33 Num 21:7 Jdg 10:6–8 Jdg 10:10 1Sa 12:9 1Sa 12:10 1Ki 13:1–10 2Ch 15:4 2Ch 33:12 2Ch 33:13 Ezr 9:5–15 Neh 9:32 Job 34:31 Job 34:32 Job 40:1–5 Psa 18:4–6 Psa 66:10–12 Psa 78:34 Psa 78:35 Psa 119:67 Psa 119:71 Isa 26:16 Jer 31:18 Jer 31:19 Lam 3:19 Lam 3:20 Hos 6:1 Jon 2:1–10 Luk 15:11–24 Act 8:24
Exemplified
Joseph's brethrenGen 42:21
JosephGen 45:5 Gen 45:7 Gen 45:8
IsraelDeu 8:3 Deu 8:5
Josiah2Ki 22:19
Hezekiah2Ch 32:25 2Ch 32:26
Manasseh2Ch 33:12
JonahJon 2:7
Prodigal sonLuk 15:21
CONSOLATION INGen 21:17 Gen 16:7–13 Gen 26:17 Gen 26:33 Gen 31:42 Exo 3:7 Exo 3:8 Exo 3:16 Exo 3:17 Exo 14:13 Exo 14:14 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 Psa 9:10 Psa 23:4 Psa 27:5 Psa 27:6 Psa 30:5 Psa 31:7 Psa 34:4 Psa 34:19 Psa 34:20 Psa 37:23 Psa 37:24 Psa 37:32 Psa 37:33 Psa 41:3 Psa 42:5 Psa 46:1 Psa 50:15 Psa 55:22 Psa 56:8–10 Psa 62:1 Psa 62:2 Psa 62:5–8 Psa 62:11 Psa 62:12 Psa 68:6 Psa 69:20 Psa 69:33 Psa 71:20 Psa 73:26 Psa 94:17–19 Psa 103:13 Psa 103:14 Psa 112:4 Psa 119:50 Psa 119:52 Psa 119:54 Psa 119:92 Psa 119:143 Psa 138:3 Psa 138:7 Psa 138:8 Psa 140:12 Psa 145:14 Psa 147:3 Pro 12:13 Ecc 4:1 Isa 4:6 Isa 14:31 Isa 14:32 Isa 25:4 Isa 30:19 Isa 30:20 Isa 40:1 Isa 40:2 Isa 40:29 Isa 41:10 Isa 41:13 Isa 41:14 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 Isa 66:14 Jer 31:13 Jer 31:25 Jer 39:17 Jer 39:18 Lam 3:31–33 Lam 3:57 Ezk 11:16 Hos 2:14 Hos 2:15 Hos 6:1–3 Nam 1:7 Zep 3:18 Mat 5:4 Mat 5:10–12 Mat 10:29–31 Mat 11:28 Mat 14:27 Mat 25:34–36 Mat 25:40 Mat 28:5 Mat 28:9 Mat 28:10 Mrk 6:50 Luk 6:21–23 Luk 7:13 Luk 12:6 Luk 12:7 Luk 21:18 Jhn 14:1 Jhn 14:16 Jhn 14:18 Jhn 14:27 Jhn 15:18 Jhn 15:20 Jhn 16:20 Jhn 16:22 Jhn 16:33 Act 12:5 Act 23:11 Rom 8:28 Rom 8:35–39 Rom 12:12 Rom 12:15 Rom 15:4 2Co 1:3–5 2Co 1:7 2Co 4:8–10 2Co 4:16 2Co 4:17 2Co 7:6 2Co 12:9 Gal 6:2 Php 1:19 1Th 4:13 1Th 4:16–18 2Th 1:7 2Th 2:16 2Th 2:17 2Ti 2:12 2Ti 4:17 Heb 2:14 Heb 2:15 Heb 2:18 Heb 4:15 Heb 4:16 Heb 6:18 Heb 12:1–4 Heb 13:3 Heb 13:5 Heb 13:6 Jas 1:12 Jas 1:27 Jas 5:8 Jas 5:10 1Pe 2:21–24 1Pe 4:12–14 1Pe 5:7 Rev 2:9 Rev 2:10 Rev 3:2 Rev 3:10 Rev 7:14–17
DELIVERANCE FROM
DESIGN OFDeu 8:2 Deu 8:16 Deu 30:1–3 Deu 31:17 Jdg 2:21 Jdg 2:22 1Ki 8:33–48 2Ch 6:24–31 2Ch 7:13 2Ch 7:14 Job 33:11 Job 33:16–30 Job 36:8–10 Psa 66:10 Psa 106:43 Psa 106:44 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 Isa 4:4 Isa 9:13 Isa 9:14 Isa 52:5 Isa 52:6 Jer 24:5 Lam 1:5 Ezk 6:10 Ezk 14:10 Ezk 14:11 Dan 4:25–27 Dan 4:34 Hos 5:15 Amo 4:6 Mic 6:9 Mal 3:3 Jhn 9:2 Jhn 9:3 Jhn 11:4 Jhn 15:2 Jhn 21:19 1Co 11:32 2Co 1:4–6 2Co 4:11 2Co 4:17 2Co 12:7 Php 1:29 Php 1:30 2Th 1:4 2Th 1:5 Heb 2:10–18 Heb 5:8 Heb 5:9 Heb 12:5–11 1Pe 1:6 1Pe 1:7 1Pe 5:10 Rev 2:10
DESPONDENCY INJob 4:5 Job 9:16–35 Psa 22:1 Psa 22:2 Pro 24:10 Lam 3:39 Mat 27:46 Mrk 15:34 Luk 18:1
DISPENSATION OF GODExo 4:11 Deu 4:5–31 Deu 28:15–68 Deu 32:39 Rut 1:20 Rut 1:21 1Sa 2:6 1Sa 2:7 2Sa 16:10 2Ki 6:33 2Ki 15:5 2Ch 7:12–22 Job 1:21 Job 5:6 Job 5:17 Job 5:18 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 Psa 88:7 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 SATANJob 1 Job 2 2Co 12:7
MOCKING ATJob 12:5 Pro 17:5
MURMURING IN
OBDURACY INLev 26:23 Lev 26:24 Lev 26:27 Lev 26:28 Job 36:12 Job 36:13 Psa 78:31 Psa 78:32 Isa 8:21 Isa 9:13 Isa 22:12 Isa 22:13 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 Hos 7:10 Hos 7:14 Hos 9:17 Amo 4:6–11 Zep 3:2 Zep 3:7 Hag 2:17 Rev 9:20 Rev 9:21 Rev 16:9–11 Rev 16:21
As a Judgment
INSTANCES OF
PharaohExo 8:19 Exo 9:30–34 Exo 14:5–9
Asa2Ch 16:12
Ahaz2Ch 28:22 2Ch 28:23
PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF
PharaohExo 8:8 Exo 9:27–30 Exo 12:30 Exo 12:31 Exo 14:5–9
David2Sa 12:15 2Sa 12:16 2Sa 12:23
NebuchadnezzarDan 4:28–37
LevitesNeh 9:33
PRAYER INGen 32:11 Gen 43:14 Exo 17:4 Num 20:16 1Sa 1:10 1Sa 1:11 2Sa 12:22 2Sa 15:31 2Sa 22:7 1Ki 8:36–50 2Ki 19:16 2Ki 19:19 1Ch 5:20 2Ch 6:24–39 2Ch 14:11 2Ch 20:4–13 2Ch 33:12 2Ch 33:13 Neh 4:4 Neh 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 Psa 3:2 Psa 3:7 Psa 4:1 Psa 5:8 Psa 6:1–7 Psa 7:1 Psa 7:2 Psa 7:6 Psa 7:7 Psa 9:13 Psa 9:14 Psa 10:1 Psa 10:12–15 Psa 13:1–4 Psa 16:1 Psa 17:1 Psa 17:2 Psa 17:6–9 Psa 17:13 Psa 17:14 Psa 20:1 Psa 20:2 Psa 22:1–21 Psa 25:2 Psa 25:16–19 Psa 25:22 Psa 27:11 Psa 27:12 Psa 28:1 Psa 30:9 Psa 30:10 Psa 31:1–4 Psa 31:14–18 Psa 35:1–3 Psa 35:17 Psa 35:19 Psa 35:22 Psa 35:23 Psa 35:25 Psa 38:1–22 Psa 39:10 Psa 39:12 Psa 39:13 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 Psa 57:2 Psa 59:1–17 Psa 60:1–3 Psa 60:11 Psa 61:1 Psa 61:2 Psa 64:1 Psa 64:2 Psa 69:1–36 Psa 70:1 Psa 70:2 Psa 71:1 Psa 71:2 Psa 71:4 Psa 71:9 Psa 71:12 Psa 74:1 Psa 74:3 Psa 74:10 Psa 74:11 Psa 74:19 Psa 74:21–23 Psa 77:1 Psa 77:2 Psa 77:7–9 Psa 79:1 Psa 79:5 Psa 79:8 Psa 79:9 Psa 79:11 Psa 80:1 Psa 80:3–5 Psa 80:14 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 Psa 119:42 Psa 119:76 Psa 119:77 Psa 119:82 Psa 119:84 Psa 119:107 Psa 119:121–123 Psa 119:134 Psa 119:145–149 Psa 119:153 Psa 119:154 Psa 119:170 Psa 119:173 Psa 120:2 Psa 123:3 Psa 123:4 Psa 126:4 Psa 130:1–8 Psa 140:1–13 Psa 141:1–10 Psa 142:1 Psa 142:2 Psa 142:5–7 Psa 143:1–12 Isa 33:2 Isa 38:2 Isa 38:3 Isa 38:14–19 Isa 51:9 Isa 63:15–17 Isa 64:1 Isa 64:9–12 Jer 10:24 Jer 14:8 Jer 14:9 Jer 14:19–21 Jer 15:15 Jer 16:19 Jer 17:17 Jer 17:18 Jer 18:19 Jer 27:8 Jer 32:16–25 Lam 1:9–11 Lam 1:20 Lam 2:18 Lam 2:19 Lam 5:1 Lam 5:16 Lam 5:17 Lam 5:19–22 Dan 6:10 Jol 1:19 Jon 1:14 Jon 2:1–10 Hab 1:12 Hab 1:13 Mat 8:25 Mat 14:30 Mat 15:22–28 Mat 26:39 Mat 26:42 Mat 26:44 Mat 27:46 Mrk 14:36 Mrk 15:34 Luk 18:1 Luk 22:42 Luk 23:46 Jhn 11:3 Act 4:29 Act 4:30 Act 7:59 Act 7:60 2Co 12:8 Jas 5:13–16
PRAYER IN, ANSWERED
PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED
RESIGNATION INJob 5:17 Job 13:15 Job 34:31 Job 34:32 Job 34:34 Psa 4:4 Psa 37:1 Psa 46:10 Pro 3:11 Lam 3:22–36 Lam 3:39 Mic 6:9 Mat 26:39 Mrk 14:36 Luk 21:19 Luk 22:42 Jhn 18:11 Rom 5:3 Rom 12:12 2Co 12:9 Php 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 1Pe 4:13 1Pe 4:19 1Pe 5:6 1Pe 5:7
RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIEDJdg 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 Neh 9:33 Est 4:16 Job 1:21 Job 1:22 Job 2:10 Job 13:15 Job 14:14 Psa 39:9 Psa 71:20 Psa 119:75 Isa 39:8 Jer 10:19 Lam 1:18 Lam 3:39 Dan 9:14 Mic 7:9 Luk 23:40 Luk 23:41 Act 21:14 Rom 5:3 Rom 5:4 2Co 6:4–10 2Co 7:4 2Th 1:4 Jas 5:11
INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN
Aaron, at the death of Nadab and AbihuLev 10:1–3
Against his house were foretold1Sa 3:15–18
David, at the death of his child2Sa 12:23
The Shunammite woman2Ki 4:18–37
Jesus, in GethsemaneMat 26:39 Mrk 14:36 Luk 22:42 Jhn 18:11
Paul and Silas in prisonAct 16:23–25

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