Afflictions

God appoints — 2Ki 6:33; Job 5:6,17; Ps 66:11; Am 3:6; Mic 6:9.

God dispenses, as He will — Job 11:10; Isa 10:15; 45:7.

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

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

God 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.

Sin visited with — 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 we deserve — Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10.

Frequently terminate in 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.

Saints are to expect — Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22.

Of saints, are comparatively light — Ac 20:23,24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17.

Of saints, are but temporary — Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10.

Saints have joy under — Job 5:17; Jas 5:11.

Of saints, 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.