Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Scripture references

Gen 3:16, 17 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in
Deu 8:5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD
2Sa 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will
Job 3:1–26 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. / And
Job 5:6, 7, 17, 18 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not
Job 6:1–30 Then Job replied: / “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with
Job 7:2–6 Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
Job 9:18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Job 12:5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are
Job 14:1, 22 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / He
Job 16:6–14 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will
Job 17:7–16 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. /
Job 19:7–20 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for
Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come
Job 30:15–19 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by
Job 33:19–22 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in
Job 36:8–12, 15 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, /
Psa 6:6, 7 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and
Psa 18:4–6 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Psa 31:9–13 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from
Psa 32:3, 4 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day
Psa 39:1–4 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will
Psa 42:6, 7 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the
Psa 55:4–8 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. / Fear
Psa 66:10–12 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver. / You
Psa 69:1–3, 20 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O
Psa 73:10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
Psa 77:2–4 In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my
Psa 80:5, 6 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full
Psa 88:3–18 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I
Psa 89:32 I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity
Psa 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet
Psa 102:3–11 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psa 107:4, 5, 10, 17–19 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a
Psa 109:22–24 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. / I am fading
Psa 116:3 The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was
Psa 141:7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been
Psa 143:3, 4 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground,
Pro 3:11, 12 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe
Pro 12:25 Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.
Pro 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of
Pro 14:10, 13 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its
Pro 15:13, 15 A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart
Pro 17:3, 22 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the
Pro 18:14 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken
Ecc 2:22, 23 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he
Ecc 7:2–4 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since
Isa 1:6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no
Isa 24:1–16 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will
Isa 26:16, 17 O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them,
Isa 48:10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the
Lam 1:7, 12 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the
Lam 3:1–36 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He
Zec 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver
Mar 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire.
Joh 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that
Joh 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the
2Co 1:8, 9 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we
2Co 4:7–12, 16, 17 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this
2Co 6:4–10 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great
2Co 11:23–30 Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind,
Heb 12:6, 7, 9 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every
1Pe 5:9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your
Rev 3:19 Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.