AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES

–MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS

.God regulates the measure of afflictions Ps 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28

.Determines the continuance of Ge 15:13,14; Nu 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10

.Does not willingly send La 3:33

.Man is born to Job 5:6,7; 14:1

.Saints appointed to 1Th 3:3

.Consequent upon the fall Ge 3:16-19

.Sin produces Job 4:8; 20:11; Pr 1:31

.Sinners corrected by 2Sa 12:14; Ps 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Ac 13:10,11

.Often severe Job 16:7-16; Ps 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Re 7:14

.Always less than deserved Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10

.Results of, good Ge 50:20; Ex 1:11,12; De 8:15,16; Jer 24:5,6; Eze 20:37

.Tempered with mercy Ps 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; La 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Na 1:12

–OF SAINTS

.To be expected Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22

.Comparatively light Ac 20:23; 24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17

.Temporary Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 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; Mt 5:4; 1Pe 4:13,14

.Often arise from the profession of the gospel Mt 24:9; Joh 15:21; 2Ti 3:11,12

.Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God De 8:5; Ps 119:75; Pr 3:12; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6,7; Re 3:19

–OF THE WICKED

.God is glorified in Ex 14:4; Eze 38:22,23

.God holds in derision Ps 37:13; Pr 1:26,27

.Are multiplied De 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Ps 32:10

.Continual Job 15:20; Ec 2:23; Isa 32:10

.Often sudden Ps 73:19; Pr 6:15; Isa 30:13; Re 18:10

.Are often judicially sent Job 21:17; Ps 107:17; Jer 30:15

.Are for examples to others Ps 64:7-9; Zep 3:6,7; 1Co 10:5,11; 2Pe 2:6

.Are ineffectual for their conversion Ex 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17

.Their persecution of saints, a cause of De 30:7; Ps 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6

.Impenitence is a cause of Pr 1:30,31; Eze 24:13; Am 4:6-12; Zec 7:11,12; Re 2:21; 22

.Sometimes humble them 1Ki 21:27

.Frequently harden Ne 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 Pr 3:25,26

–Exemplified

.In Pharaoh and the Egyptians Ex 9:14,15; 14:24,25

.Ahaziah 2Ki 1:1-4

.Gehazi 2Ki 5:27

.Jehoram 2Ch 21:12-19

.Uzziah 2Ch 26:19-21

.Ahaz, etc 2Ch 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 Mt 26:56

.Paul 2Ti 4:16

–NATIONAL LESSONS FROM Joe 1; 2

–UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 3:16,17; De 8:5; 2Sa 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; Pr 3:11,12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10,13; 15:13,15; 17:3,22; 18:14; Ec 2:22,23; 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16,17; 48:10; La 1:7,12; 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mr 9:49; Joh 15:2; 16:33; 2Co 1:8,9; 4:7-12,16,17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Heb 12:6,7,9; 1Pe 5:9; Re 3:19

.See PENITENTS

.See PERSECUTION

.See POOR

.See SORROW

.See TEMPTATION

–BENEFITS OF 1Ki 8:33,35,47-53; De 4:30,31; 30:1,2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11,17; 23:10; Ps 94:12,13; Pr 3:11,12; Heb 12:5; Ec 7:2,3; Isa 19:20,22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer 2:27; 22:22,23; 31:19; La 3:27,28; Eze 20:37,43; 6:9; Ho 2:6,7; 5:15; Ro 5:3,4; 8:17,28; 2Co 4:17; Php 1:12-14,19; Heb 12:5; Jas 1:2-4,12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:14

–BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED Ge 22:12,16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Ex 9:27,28; 10:7,16,17; 12:31-33; Nu 21:7; Jud 10:6-8,10; 1Sa 12:9,10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 33:12,13; Ezr 9:5-15; Ne 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; La 3:19,20; Ho 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Lu 15:11-24; Ac 8:24

–Exemplified

.Joseph’s brethren Ge 42:21

.Joseph Ge 45:5,7,8

.Israel De 8:3,5

.Josiah 2Ki 22:19

.Hezekiah 2Ch 32:25,26

.Manasseh 2Ch 33:12

.Jonah Jon 2:7

.Prodigal son Lu 15:21

–CONSOLATION IN Ge 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17,33; 31:42; Ex 3:7,8,16,17; 14:13,14; De 33:27; 2Sa 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; Pr 12:13; Ec 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; La 3:31-33,57; Eze 11:16; Ho 2:14,15; 6:1-3; Na 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mt 5:4,10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36,40; 28:5,9,10; Mr 6:50; Lu 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6,7; 21:18; Joh 14:1,16,18,27; 15:18,20; 16:20,22,33; Ac 12:5; 23:11; Ro 8:28,35-39; 12:12,15; 15:4; 2Co 1:3-5,7; 4:8-10,16,17; 7:6; 12:9; Ga 6:2; Php 1:19; 1Th 4:13,16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2:16,17; 2Ti 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; 1Pe 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Re 2:9,10; 3:2,10; 7:14-17

–DELIVERANCE FROM

.See PRAYER ANSWERED

–DESIGN OF De 8:2,16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Jud 2:21,22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 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; Ec 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; 4:3,4; 9:13,14; 52:5,6; Jer 24:5; La 1:5; Eze 6:10; 14:10,11; Da 4:25-27,34; Ho 5:15; Am 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Joh 9:2,3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 1:4-6; 4:11,17; 12:7; Php 1:29,30; 2Th 1:4,5; Heb 2:10-18; 5:8,9; 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6,7; 5:10; Re 2:10

.See BENEFITS OF, above

–DESPONDENCY IN Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Ps 22:1,2; Pr 24:10; La 3:39; Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34; Lu 18:1

–DISPENSATION OF GOD Ex 4:11; De 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Ru 1:20,21; 1Sa 2:6,7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 15:5; 2Ch 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; La 1:5; 3:1; Da 4:24-26; Am 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Ro 8:20; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:10; Re 3:19

–FROM SATAN Job 1; 2; 2Co 12:7

.See TEMPTATION

.See IMPENITENCE IN

.See OBDURACY IN, below

–MOCKING AT Job 12:5; Pr 17:5

–MURMURING IN

.See MURMURING

–OBDURACY IN Le 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; Da 9:13; Ho 7:9,10,14; 9:17; Am 4:6-11; Zep 3:2,7; Hag 2:17; Re 9:20,21; 16:9-11,21

–As a Judgment

.See JUDGEMENT

.See IMPENITENCE

–INSTANCES OF

.Pharaoh Ex 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9

.Asa 2Ch 16:12

.Ahaz 2Ch 28:22,23

–PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF

.Pharaoh Ex 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30,31; 14:5-9

.David 2Sa 12:15,16,23

.Nebuchadnezzar Da 4:28-37

.Levites Ne 9:33

–PRAYER IN Ge 32:11; 43:14; Ex 17:4; Nu 20:16; 1Sa 1:10,11; 2Sa 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1Ki 8:36-50; 2Ki 19:16,19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12,13; Ne 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; La 1:9-11,20; 2:18,19; 5:1,16,17,19-22; Da 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab 1:12,13; Mt 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39,42,44; 27:46; Mr 14:36; 15:34; Lu 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; Joh 11:3; Ac 4:29,30; 7:59,60; 2Co 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; Pr 3:11; La 3:22-36,39; Mic 6:9; Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 21:19; 22:42; Joh 18:11; Ro 5:3; 12:12; 2Co 12:9; Php 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 4:5; Heb 10:34; 12:3-12; Jas 1:10; 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 2:20; 4:12,13,19; 5:6,7

–RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 15:26; 16:10,12; 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 20:19; Ne 9:33; Es 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; La 1:18; 3:39; Da 9:14; Mic 7:9; Lu 23:40,41; Ac 21:14; Ro 5:3,4; 2Co 6:4-10; 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jas 5:11

.See RESIGNATION

–INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN

.Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu Le 10:1-3

.Against his house were foretold 1Sa 3:15-18

.David, at the death of his child 2Sa 12:23

.The Shunammite woman 2Ki 4:18-37

.Jesus, in Gethsemane Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42; Joh 18:11

.Paul and Silas in prison Ac 16:23-25