Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits of

Scripture references

1Ki 8:33, 35, 47–53 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because
Deu 4:30, 31 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you,
Deu 30:1, 2 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have
2Ch 6:28–31 When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or
Job 5:6–11, 17 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not
Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come
Psa 94:12, 13 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, /
Pro 3:11, 12 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe
Heb 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My
Ecc 7:2, 3 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting,
Isa 19:20, 22 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of
Isa 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn.
Isa 27:9 Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the
Jer 2:27 say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
Jer 22:22, 23 The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go
Jer 31:19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my
Lam 3:27, 28 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. / Let
Eze 20:37, 43 I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond
Eze 6:9 Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors
Hos 2:6, 7 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose
Hos 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My
Rom 5:3, 4 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know
Rom 8:17, 28 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs
2Co 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal
Php 1:12–14, 19 Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have
Heb 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My
Jam 1:2–4, 12 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many
1Pe 1:7 so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which
1Pe 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the