Afflictions And Adversities

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MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
God regulates the measure of afflictions Ps. 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; 14:1
Saints appointed to 1 Thess. 3:3
Consequent upon the fall Gen. 3:16-19
Sin produces Job 4:8; 20:11; Prov. 1:31
Sinners corrected by 2 Sam. 12:14; Ps. 89:30-32; Isa. 57:17; Acts 13:10,11
Often severe Job 16:7-16; Ps. 42:7; 66:12; Jon. 2:3; Rev. 7:14
Always less than deserved Ezra 9:13; Ps. 103:10
Results of, good Gen. 50:20; Exod. 1:11,12; Deut. 8:15,16; Jer. 24:5,6; Ezek. 20:37
Tempered with mercy Ps. 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa. 30:18-21; Lam. 3:32; Mic. 7:7-9; Nah. 1:12
OF SAINTS
To be expected John 16:33; Acts 14:22
Comparatively light Acts 20:23; 24; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17
Temporary Ps. 30:5; 103:9; Isa. 54:7,8; John 16:20; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10
Joy under Job 5:17; Jas. 5:11
End in joy and blessedness Ps. 126:5,6; Isa. 61:2,3; Matt. 5:4; 1 Pet. 4:13,14
Often arise from the profession of the gospel Matt. 24:9; John 15:21; 2 Tim. 3:11,12
Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God Deut. 8:5; Ps. 119:75; Prov. 3:12; 1 Cor. 11:32; Heb. 12:6,7; Rev. 3:19
OF THE WICKED
God is glorified in Exod. 14:4; Ezek. 38:22,23
God holds in derision Ps. 37:13; Prov. 1:26,27
Are multiplied Deut. 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Ps. 32:10
Continual Job 15:20; Eccl. 2:23; Isa. 32:10
Often sudden Ps. 73:19; Prov. 6:15; Isa. 30:13; Rev. 18:10
Are often judicially sent Job 21:17; Ps. 107:17; Jer. 30:15
Are for examples to others Ps. 64:7-9; Zeph. 3:6,7; 1 Cor. 10:5,11; 2 Pet. 2:6
Are ineffectual for their conversion Exod. 9:30; Isa. 9:13; Jer. 2:30; Hag. 2:17
Their persecution of saints, a cause of Deut. 30:7; Ps. 55:19; Zech. 2:9; 2 Thess. 1:6
Impenitence is a cause of Prov. 1:30,31; Ezek. 24:13; Amos 4:6-12; Zech. 7:11,12; Rev. 2:21; 22
Sometimes humble them 1 Kgs. 21:27
Frequently harden Neh. 9:28,29; Jer. 5:3
Produce slavish fear Job 15:24; Ps. 73:19; Jer. 49:3,5
Saints should not be alarmed at Prov. 3:25,26
Exemplified
In Pharaoh and the Egyptians Exod. 9:14,15; 14:24,25
Ahaziah 2 Kgs. 1:1-4
Gehazi 2 Kgs. 5:27
Jehoram 2 Chr. 21:12-19
Uzziah 2 Chr. 26:19-21
Ahaz, etc 2 Chr. 28:5-8,22
FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF Job 2:9; 19:13-19
David Ps. 31:11,12; 41:9; 88:8,18
Jesus Matt. 26:56
Paul 2 Tim. 4:16
NATIONAL LESSONS FROM JOL 1; 2
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 3:16,17; Deut. 8:5; 2 Sam. 7:14; Job 3:1-26; 5:6,7,17,18; 6:1-30; 7:2-6; 9:18; 12:5; 14:1,22; 16:6-14; 17:7-16; 19:7-20; 23:10; 30:15-19; 33:19-22; 36:8-12,15; Ps. 6:6,7; 18:4-6; 31:9-13; 32:3,4; 39:1-4; 42:6,7; 55:4-8; 66:10-12; 69:1-3,20; 73:10; 77:2-4; 80:5,6; 88:3-18; 89:32; 90:10; 102:3-11; 107:4,5,10,17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3,4; Prov. 3:11,12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10,13; 15:13,15; 17:3,22; 18:14; Eccl. 2:22,23; 7:2-4; Isa. 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16,17; 48:10; Lam. 1:7,12; 3:1-36; Zech. 13:9; Mark 9:49; John 15:2; 16:33; 2 Cor. 1:8,9; 4:7-12,16,17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Heb. 12:6,7,9; 1 Pet. 5:9; Rev. 3:19
See PENITENTS
See Persecution
See Poor
See Sorrow
See Temptation
BENEFITS OF 1 Kgs. 8:33,35,47-53; Deut. 4:30,31; 30:1,2; 2 Chr. 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11,17; 23:10; Ps. 94:12,13; Prov. 3:11,12; Heb. 12:5; Eccl. 7:2,3; Isa. 19:20,22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer. 2:27; 22:22,23; 31:19; Lam. 3:27,28; Ezek. 20:37,43; 6:9; Hos. 2:6,7; 5:15; Rom. 5:3,4; 8:17,28; 2 Cor. 4:17; Phil. 1:12-14,19; Heb. 12:5; Jas. 1:2-4,12; 1 Pet. 1:7; 4:14
BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED Gen. 22:12,16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Exod. 9:27,28; 10:7,16,17; 12:31-33; Num. 21:7; Judg. 10:6-8,10; 1 Sam. 12:9,10; 1 Kgs. 13:1-10; 2 Chr. 15:4; 33:12,13; Ezra 9:5-15; Neh. 9:32; Job 34:31,32; 40:1-5; Ps. 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34,35; 119:67,71; Isa. 26:16; Jer. 31:18,19; Lam. 3:19,20; Hos. 6:1; Jon. 2:1-10; Luke 15:11-24; Acts 8:24
Exemplified
Joseph's brethren Gen. 42:21
Joseph Gen. 45:5,7,8
Israel Deut. 8:3,5
Josiah 2 Kgs. 22:19
Hezekiah 2 Chr. 32:25,26
Manasseh 2 Chr. 33:12
Jonah Jon. 2:7
Prodigal son Luke 15:21
CONSOLATION IN Gen. 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17,33; 31:42; Exod. 3:7,8,16,17; 14:13,14; Deut. 33:27; 2 Sam. 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Ps. 9:9,10; 23:4; 27:5,6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4,19,20; 37:23,24,32,33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 56:8-10; 62:1,2,5-8,11,12; 68:6; 69:20,33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13,14; 112:4; 119:50,52,54,92,143; 138:3,7,8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Prov. 12:13; Eccl. 4:1; Isa. 4:6; 14:31,32; 25:4; 30:19,20; 40:1,2,29; 41:10,13,14,17; 42:3; 43:2; 49:13; 50:4,7-10; 51:3-13; 54:4,11; 58:10; 61:1-3; 63:9; 66:5,13,14; Jer. 31:13,25; 39:17,18; Lam. 3:31-33,57; Ezek. 11:16; Hos. 2:14,15; 6:1-3; Nah. 1:7; Zeph. 3:18; Matt. 5:4,10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36,40; 28:5,9,10; Mark 6:50; Luke 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6,7; 21:18; John 14:1,16,18,27; 15:18,20; 16:20,22,33; Acts 12:5; 23:11; Rom. 8:28,35-39; 12:12,15; 15:4; 2 Cor. 1:3-5,7; 4:8-10,16,17; 7:6; 12:9; Gal. 6:2; Phil. 1:19; 1 Thess. 4:13,16-18; 2 Thess. 1:7; 2:16,17; 2 Tim. 2:12; 4:17; Heb. 2:14,15,18; 4:15,16; 6:18; 12:1-4; 13:3,5,6; Jas. 1:12,27; 5:8,10; 1 Pet. 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Rev. 2:9,10; 3:2,10; 7:14-17
DELIVERANCE FROM
See PRAYER ANSWERED
DESIGN OF Deut. 8:2,16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Judg. 2:21,22; 1 Kgs. 8:33-48; 2 Chr. 6:24-31; 7:13,14; Job 33:11,16-30; 36:8-10; Ps. 66:10; 106:43,44; 107:10-14,17-21,23-31; 119:71; Eccl. 7:14; Isa. 1:25-27; 4:3,4; 9:13,14; 52:5,6; Jer. 24:5; Lam. 1:5; Ezek. 6:10; 14:10,11; Dan. 4:25-27,34; Hos. 5:15; Amos 4:6; Mic. 6:9; Mal. 3:3; John 9:2,3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1 Cor. 11:32; 2 Cor. 1:4-6; 4:11,17; 12:7; Phil. 1:29,30; 2 Thess. 1:4,5; Heb. 2:10-18; 5:8,9; 12:5-11; 1 Pet. 1:6,7; 5:10; Rev. 2:10
See BENEFITS OF, above
DESPONDENCY IN Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Ps. 22:1,2; Prov. 24:10; Lam. 3:39; Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34; Luke 18:1
DISPENSATION OF GOD Exod. 4:11; Deut. 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Ruth 1:20,21; 1 Sam. 2:6,7; 2 Sam. 16:10; 2 Kgs. 6:33; 15:5; 2 Chr. 7:12-22; Job 1:21; 5:6,17,18; 6:4; 9:12,22; 10:8; 11:10; 12:14-25; 19:6,21; 21:17; 23:16; 27:2; 30:11; 34:29; Ps. 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6,7,16; 89:38-45; 90:7,15; 102:10,23; Isa. 30:20; 45:7; Jer. 45:3; Lam. 1:5; 3:1; Dan. 4:24-26; Amos 3:6; Jon. 2:3; Mic. 1:12; Rom. 8:20; 1 Cor. 11:32; Heb. 12:10; Rev. 3:19
FROM SATAN JOB 1; 2; 2 Cor. 12:7
See Temptation
See IMPENITENCE IN
See OBDURACY IN, below
MOCKING AT Job 12:5; Prov. 17:5
MURMURING IN
See Murmuring
OBDURACY IN Lev. 26:23,24,27,28; Job 36:12,13; Ps. 78:31,32; Isa. 8:21; 9:13; 22:12,13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jer. 2:30,35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Dan. 9:13; Hos. 7:9,10,14; 9:17; Amos 4:6-11; Zeph. 3:2,7; Hag. 2:17; Rev. 9:20,21; 16:9-11,21
As a Judgment
See JUDGEMENT
See Impenitence
INSTANCES OF
Pharaoh Exod. 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9
Asa 2 Chr. 16:12
Ahaz 2 Chr. 28:22,23
PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF
Pharaoh Exod. 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30,31; 14:5-9
David 2 Sam. 12:15,16,23
Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4:28-37
Levites Neh. 9:33
PRAYER IN Gen. 32:11; 43:14; Exod. 17:4; Num. 20:16; 1 Sam. 1:10,11; 2 Sam. 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1 Kgs. 8:36-50; 2 Kgs. 19:16,19; 1 Chr. 5:20; 2 Chr. 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12,13; Neh. 4:4,5,9; 6:9,14; 9:32; Job 10:2,9,15; 13:21; 16:20; Ps. 3:1,2,7; 4:1; 5:8; 6:1-7; 7:1,2,6,7; 9:13,14; 10:1,12-15; 13:1-4; 16:1; 17:1,2,6-9,13,14; 20:1,2; 22:1-21; 25:2,16-19,22; 27:11,12; 28:1; 30:9,10; 31:1-4,14-18; 35:1-3,17,19,22,23,25; 38:1-22; 39:10,12,13; 40:13,17; 42:9; 43:1-5; 44:4,23-26; 50:15; 54:1-3; 55:1-17; 56:1-13; 57:1,2; 59:1-17; 60:1-3,11; 61:1,2; 64:1,2; 69:1-36; 70:1,2; 71:1,2,4,9,12; 74:1,3,10,11,19,21-23; 77:1,2,7-9; 79:1,5,8,9,11; 80:1,3-5,14; 83:1-18; 85:5-7; 86:1-17; 88:9-14; 89:39-51; 90:15; 94:1-23; 102:2,24; 106:47; 108:6,12; 109:1-31; 116:4; 119:22,28,39,41,42,76,77,82,84, 107,121-123,134,145-149,153,154,170,173; 120:2; 123:3,4; 126:4; 130:1-8; 140:1-13; 141:1-10; 142:1,2,5-7; 143:1-12; Isa. 33:2; 38:2,3,14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1,9-12; Jer. 10:24; 14:8,9,19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17,18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; Lam. 1:9-11,20; 2:18,19; 5:1,16,17,19-22; Dan. 6:10; Joel 1:19; Jon. 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab. 1:12,13; Matt. 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39,42,44; 27:46; Mark 14:36; 15:34; Luke 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; John 11:3; Acts 4:29,30; 7:59,60; 2 Cor. 12:8; Jas. 5:13-16
See Prayer
PRAYER IN, ANSWERED
See PRAYER, ANSWERED
PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED
See Intercession
RESIGNATION IN Job 5:17; 13:15; 34:31,32,34; Ps. 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Prov. 3:11; Lam. 3:22-36,39; Mic. 6:9; Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 21:19; 22:42; John 18:11; Rom. 5:3; 12:12; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil. 2:14; Col. 1:11; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Thess. 1:4; 2 Tim. 2:3; 4:5; Heb. 10:34; 12:3-12; Jas. 1:10; 4:7; 1 Pet. 1:6; 2:20; 4:12,13,19; 5:6,7
RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED Judg. 10:15; 1 Sam. 3:18; 2 Sam. 12:23; 15:26; 16:10,12; 24:14; 2 Kgs. 4:26; 20:19; Neh. 9:33; Esth. 4:16; Job 1:21,22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Ps. 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isa. 39:8; Jer. 10:19; Lam. 1:18; 3:39; Dan. 9:14; Mic. 7:9; Luke 23:40,41; Acts 21:14; Rom. 5:3,4; 2 Cor. 6:4-10; 7:4; 2 Thess. 1:4; Jas. 5:11
See Resignation
INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN
Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu Lev. 10:1-3
Against his house were foretold 1 Sam. 3:15-18
David, at the death of his child 2 Sam. 12:23
The Shunammite woman 2 Kgs. 4:18-37
Jesus, in Gethsemane Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11
Paul and Silas in prison Acts 16:23-25

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