Bible verses about Afflictions and adversities
(From Nave's Topical Bible)

Index:

  • MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
  • OF SAINTS
  • OF THE WICKED
  • OF THE WICKED, EXEMPLIFIED
  • FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF
  • NATIONAL LESSONS FROM
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
  • BENEFITS OF
  • BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED
  • BENEFITS OF, EXEMPLIFIED
  • CONSOLATION IN
  • DELIVERANCE FROM
  • DESIGN OF
  • DESPONDENCY IN
  • DISPENSATION OF GOD
  • FROM SATAN
  • MOCKING AT
  • MURMURING IN
  • OBDURACY IN
  • OBDURACY IN, INSTANCES OF
  • PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF
  • PRAYER IN
  • PRAYER IN, ANSWERED
  • PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED
  • RESIGNATION IN
  • RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED
  • INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN

-MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS

  • God regulates the measure of afflictions Psalms 80:5; Isaiah 9:1; Jeremiah 46:28
  • Determines the continuance of Genesis 15:13, 14; Numbers 14:33; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 29:10
  • Does not willingly send Lamentations 3:33
  • Man is born to Job 5:6, 7; 14:1
  • Saints appointed to I Thessalonians 3:3
  • Consequent upon the fall Genesis 3:16-19
  • Sin produces Job 4:8; 20:11; Proverbs 1:31
  • Sinners corrected by II Samuel 12:14; Psalms 89:30-32; Isaiah 57:17; Acts 13:10, 11
  • Often severe Job 16:7-16; Psalms 42:7; 66:12; Jonah 2:3; Revelation 7:14
  • Always less than deserved Ezra 9:13; Psalms 103:10
  • Results of, good Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11, 12; Deuteronomy 8:15, 16; Jeremiah 24:5, 6; Ezekiel 20:37
  • Tempered with mercy Psalms 78:38, 39; 106:43-46; Isaiah 30:18-21; Lamentations 3:32; Micah 7:7-9; Nahum 1:12

    -OF SAINTS

  • To be expected John 16:33; Acts 14:22
  • Comparatively light Acts 20:23; 24; Romans 8:18; II Corinthians 4:17
  • Temporary Psalms 30:5; 103:9; Isaiah 54:7, 8; John 16:20; I Peter 1:6; 5:10
  • Joy under Job 5:17; James 5:11
  • End in joy and blessedness Psalms 126:5, 6; Isaiah 61:2, 3; Matthew 5:4; I Peter 4:13, 14
  • Often arise from the profession of the gospel Matthew 24:9; John 15:21; II Timothy 3:11, 12
  • Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God Deuteronomy 8:5; Psalms 119:75; Proverbs 3:12; I Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:6, 7; Revelation 3:19

    -OF THE WICKED

  • God is glorified in Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 38:22, 23
  • God holds in derision Psalms 37:13; Proverbs 1:26, 27
  • Are multiplied Deuteronomy 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Psalms 32:10
  • Continual Job 15:20; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Isaiah 32:10
  • Often sudden Psalms 73:19; Proverbs 6:15; Isaiah 30:13; Revelation 18:10
  • Are often judicially sent Job 21:17; Psalms 107:17; Jeremiah 30:15
  • Are for examples to others Psalms 64:7-9; Zephaniah 3:6, 7; I Corinthians 10:5, 11; II Peter 2:6
  • Are ineffectual for their conversion Exodus 9:30; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 2:30; Haggai 2:17
  • Their persecution of saints, a cause of Deuteronomy 30:7; Psalms 55:19; Zechariah 2:9; II Thessalonians 1:6
  • Impenitence is a cause of Proverbs 1:30, 31; Ezekiel 24:13; Amos 4:6-12; Zechariah 7:11, 12; Revelation 2:21; 22
  • Sometimes humble them I Kings 21:27
  • Frequently harden Nehemiah 9:28, 29; Jeremiah 5:3
  • Produce slavish fear Job 15:24; Psalms 73:19; Jeremiah 49:3, 5
  • Saints should not be alarmed at Proverbs 3:25, 26

    -OF THE WICKED, EXEMPLIFIED

  • In Pharaoh and the Egyptians Exodus 9:14, 15; 14:24, 25
  • Ahaziah II Kings 1:1-4
  • Gehazi II Kings 5:27
  • Jehoram II Chronicles 21:12-19
  • Uzziah II Chronicles 26:19-21
  • Ahaz, etc II Chronicles 28:5-8, 22

    -FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF

  • Job 2:9; 19:13-19
  • David Psalms 31:11, 12; 41:9; 88:8, 18
  • Jesus Matthew 26:56
  • Paul II Timothy 4:16

    -NATIONAL LESSONS FROM Joel 1; 2

    -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 3:16, 17; Deuteronomy 8:5; II Samuel 7:14; 5:6, 7, Job 3:1-26; 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; Psalms 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; 107:4, 5, 102:3-11; 10, 17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3, 4; Proverbs 3:11, 12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10, 13; 15:13, 15; 17:3, 22; 18:14; Ecclesiastes 2:22, 23; 7:2-4; Isaiah 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16, 17; 48:10; Lamentations 1:7, 12; 3:1-36; Zechariah 13:9; Mark 9:49; John 15:2; 16:33; 4:7-12, II Corinthians 1:8, 9; 16, 17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Hebrews 12:6, 7, 9; I Peter 5:9; Revelation 3:19 .See PENITENTS .See PERSECUTION .See POOR .See SORROW .See TEMPTATION

    -BENEFITS OF I Kings 8:33, 35, 47-53; Deuteronomy 4:30, 31; 30:1, 2; II Chronicles 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11, 17; 23:10; Psalms 94:12, 13; Proverbs 3:11, 12; Hebrews 12:5; Ecclesiastes 7:2, 3; Isaiah 19:20, 22; 26:9; 27:9; Jeremiah 2:27; 22:22, 23; 31:19; Lamentations 3:27, 28; Ezekiel 20:37, 43; 6:9; Hosea 2:6, 7; 5:15; Romans 5:3, 4; 8:17, 28; II Corinthians 4:17; Philippians 1:12-14, 19; Hebrews 12:5; James 1:2-4, 12; I Peter 1:7; 4:14

    -BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED Genesis 22:12, 16-18; 32:11; 42:21; 10:7, Exodus 9:27, 28; 16, 17; 12:31-33; Numbers 21:7; Judges 10:6-8, 10; I Samuel 12:9, 10; I Kings 13:1-10; II Chronicles 15:4; 33:12, 13; Ezra 9:5-15; Nehemiah 9:32; Job 34:31, 32; 40:1-5; Psalms 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34, 35; 119:67, 71; Isaiah 26:16; Jeremiah 31:18, 19; Lamentations 3:19, 20; Hosea 6:1; Jonah 2:1-10; Luke 15:11-24; Acts 8:24

    -BENEFITS OF, EXEMPLIFIED

  • Joseph's brethren Genesis 42:21
  • Joseph Genesis 45:5, 7, 8
  • Israel Deuteronomy 8:3, 5
  • Josiah II Kings 22:19
  • Hezekiah II Chronicles 32:25, 26
  • Manasseh II Chronicles 33:12
  • Jonah Jonah 2:7
  • Prodigal son Luke 15:21

    -CONSOLATION IN Genesis 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17, 33; Exodus 3:7, 8, 31:42; 16, 17; 14:13, 14; Deuteronomy 33:27; II Samuel 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Psalms 9:9, 10; 23:4; 27:5, 6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4, 37:23, 24, 19, 20; 32, 33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 62:1, 2, 5-8, 56:8-10; 11, 12; 68:6; 69:20, 33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13, 14; 119:50, 52, 54, 112:4; 138:3, 92, 143; 7, 8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Proverbs 12:13; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 4:6; 14:31, 32; 25:4; 40:1, 30:19, 20; 41:10, 13, 2, 29; 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; Jeremiah 31:13, 25; 39:17, 18; Lamentations 3:31-33, 57; Ezekiel 11:16; Hosea 2:14, 15; 6:1-3; Nahum 1:7; Zephaniah 3:18; Matthew 5:4, 10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 28:5, 25:34-36, 40; 9, 10; Mark 6:50; Luke 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6, 7; John 14:1, 16, 21:18; 18, 27; 15:18, 20; 16:20, 22, 33; Acts 12:5; 23:11; Romans 8:28, 35-39; 12:12, 15; 15:4; 4:8-10, II Corinthians 1:3-5, 7; 16, 17; 7:6; 12:9; Galatians 6:2; Philippians 1:19; I Thessalonians 4:13, 16-18; II Thessalonians 1:7; 2:16, 17; II Timothy 2:12; 4:17; Hebrews 2:14, 15, 18; 4:15, 16; 6:18; 13:3, 12:1-4; 5, 6; James 1:12, 27; 5:8, 10; I Peter 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Revelation 2:9, 10; 3:2, 10; 7:14-17

    -DELIVERANCE FROM .See PRAYER ANSWERED

    -DESIGN OF Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Judges 2:21, 22; I Kings 8:33-48; II Chronicles 6:24-31; 7:13, 14; Job 33:11, 16-30; 36:8-10; Psalms 66:10; 107:10-14, 106:43, 44; 17-21, 23-31; 119:71; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Isaiah 1:25-27; 4:3, 4; 9:13, 14; 52:5, 6; Jeremiah 24:5; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 6:10; 14:10, 11; Daniel 4:25-27, 34; Hosea 5:15; Amos 4:6; Micah 6:9; Malachi 3:3; John 9:2, 3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; I Corinthians 11:32; II Corinthians 1:4-6; 4:11, 17; 12:7; Philippians 1:29, 30; II Thessalonians 1:4, 5; Hebrews 2:10-18; 5:8, 9; 12:5-11; I Peter 1:6, 7; 5:10; Revelation 2:10 .See BENEFITS OF

    -DESPONDENCY IN Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Psalms 22:1, 2; Proverbs 24:10; Lamentations 3:39; Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34; Luke 18:1

    -DISPENSATION OF GOD Exodus 4:11; Deuteronomy 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Ruth 1:20, 21; I Samuel 2:6, 7; II Samuel 16:10; II Kings 6:33; 15:5; II Chronicles 7:12-22; 5:6, Job 1:21; 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; Psalms 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6, 7, 16; 89:38-45; 90:7, 15; 102:10, 23; Isaiah 30:20; 45:7; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 1:5; 3:1; Daniel 4:24-26; Amos 3:6; Jonah 2:3; Micah 1:12; Romans 8:20; I Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10; Revelation 3:19

    -FROM SATAN Job 1; 2; II Corinthians 12:7 .See TEMPTATION .See OBDURACY IN

    -MOCKING AT Job 12:5; Proverbs 17:5

    -MURMURING IN .See MURMURING

    -OBDURACY IN Leviticus 26:23, 24, 27, 28; Job 36:12, 13; Psalms 78:31, 32; Isaiah 8:21; 9:13; 22:12, 13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jeremiah 2:30, 35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Hosea 7:9, Daniel 9:13; 10, 14; 9:17; Amos 4:6-11; Zephaniah 3:2, 7; Haggai 2:17; Revelation 9:20, 21; 16:9-11, 21

    -As a Judgment .See JUDGEMENT .See IMPENITENCE

    -OBDURACY IN, INSTANCES OF

  • Pharaoh Exodus 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9
  • Asa II Chronicles 16:12
  • Ahaz II Chronicles 28:22, 23

    -PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF

  • Pharaoh Exodus 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30, 31; 14:5-9
  • David II Samuel 12:15, 16, 23
  • Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4:28-37
  • Levites Nehemiah 9:33

    -PRAYER IN Genesis 32:11; 43:14; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 20:16; I Samuel 1:10, 11; II Samuel 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; I Kings 8:36-50; II Kings 19:16, 19; I Chronicles 5:20; II Chronicles 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; Nehemiah 4:4, 33:12, 13; 5, 9; 6:9, 14; 9:32; Job 10:2, 9, 15; 13:21; Psalms 3:1, 16:20; 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; 25:2, 22:1-21; 16-19, 22; 27:11, 12; 28:1; 30:9, 10; 35:1-3, 17, 19, 22, 31:1-4, 14-18; 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; 71:1, 2, 4, 70:1, 2; 9, 12; 74:1, 3, 10, 11, 77:1, 19, 21-23; 79:1, 5, 8, 2, 7-9; 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; 142:1, 141:1-10; 2, 5-7; 143:1-12; 38:2, Isaiah 33:2; 3, 14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1, 9-12; Jeremiah 10:24; 14:8, 9, 19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17, 18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; Lamentations 1:9-11, 20; 5:1, 16, 2:18, 19; 17, 19-22; Daniel 6:10; Joel 1:19; Jonah 1:14; 2:1-10; Habakkuk 1:12, 13; Matthew 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; II Corinthians 12:8; James 5:13-16 .See PRAYER

    -PRAYER IN, ANSWERED .See PRAYER, ANSWERED

    -PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED .See INTERCESSION

    -RESIGNATION IN Job 5:17; 34:31, 13:15; 32, 34; Psalms 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Proverbs 3:11; Lamentations 3:22-36, 39; Micah 6:9; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 21:19; 22:42; John 18:11; Romans 5:3; 12:12; II Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 2:14; Colossians 1:11; I Thessalonians 3:3; II Thessalonians 1:4; II Timothy 2:3; 4:5; Hebrews 10:34; 12:3-12; James 1:10; 4:7; I Peter 1:6; 4:12, 2:20; 13, 19; 5:6, 7

    -RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED Judges 10:15; I Samuel 3:18; II Samuel 12:23; 15:26; 16:10, 12; 24:14; II Kings 4:26; 20:19; Nehemiah 9:33; Esther 4:16; Job 1:21, 22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Psalms 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isaiah 39:8; Jeremiah 10:19; Lamentations 1:18; 3:39; Daniel 9:14; Micah 7:9; Luke 23:40, 41; Acts 21:14; Romans 5:3, 4; II Corinthians 6:4-10; 7:4; II Thessalonians 1:4; James 5:11 .See RESIGNATION

    -INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN

  • Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu Leviticus 10:1-3
  • Against his house were foretold I Samuel 3:15-18
  • David, at the death of his child II Samuel 12:23
  • The Shunammite woman II Kings 4:18-37
  • Jesus, in Gethsemane Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11
  • Paul and Silas in prison Acts 16:23-25

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