Afflictions and Adversities: Design of

Scripture references

Deu 8:2, 16 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way
Deu 30:1–3 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set
Deu 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and
Jdg 2:21, 22 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left
1Ki 8:33–48 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have
2Ch 6:24–31 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have
2Ch 7:13, 14 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to
Job 33:11, 16–30 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’ / He
Job 36:8–10 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, / then
Psa 66:10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Psa 106:43, 44 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank
Psa 107:10–14, 17–21, 23–31 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Psa 119:71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Ecc 7:14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider
Isa 1:25–27 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I
Isa 4:3, 4 Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called
Isa 9:13, 14 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not
Isa 52:5, 6 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been
Jer 24:5 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so
Lam 1:5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has
Eze 6:10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I
Eze 14:10, 11 They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will
Dan 4:25–27, 34 You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be
Hos 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My
Amo 4:6 “I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with
Mic 6:9 The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear
Mal 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the
Joh 9:2, 3 and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his
Joh 11:4 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No,
Joh 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that
Joh 21:19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we
2Co 1:4–6 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any
2Co 4:11, 17 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so
2Co 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from
Php 1:29, 30 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe
2Th 1:4, 5 That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and
Heb 2:10–18 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and
Heb 5:8, 9 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. / And
Heb 12:5–11 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My
1Pe 1:6, 7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have
1Pe 5:10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who
Rev 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to