Topic
Afflictions
93 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 5:7Easton · Torrey Man is born to
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
- Job 14:1Easton · Torrey Man is born to
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Proverbs 3:12Easton · Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Lamentations 3:33Easton · Torrey God does not willingly send
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
- 1 Peter 4:14Easton · Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
- Genesis 3:16–19Torrey Consequent upon the fall
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice…
- Genesis 15:13Torrey God determines the continuance of
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 15:14Torrey God determines the continuance of
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Genesis 50:20Torrey Frequently terminate in good
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- Exodus 1:11Torrey Frequently terminate in good
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 1:12Torrey Frequently terminate in good
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 14:33Torrey God determines the continuance of
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
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- Deuteronomy 8:5 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- Deuteronomy 8:15 Torrey Frequently terminate in good
- Deuteronomy 8:16 Torrey Frequently terminate in good
- 2 Samuel 12:14 Torrey Sin visited with
- 2 Kings 6:33 Torrey God appoints
- Ezra 9:13 Torrey Always less than we deserve
- Job 4:8 Torrey Sin produces
- Job 5:6 Torrey God appoints
- Job 5:17 Torrey God appoints
- Job 11:10 Torrey God dispenses, as He will
- Job 16:7–16 Torrey Often severe
- Job 20:11 Torrey Sin produces
- Psalms 30:5 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- Psalms 34:19 Easton
- Psalms 42:7 Torrey Often severe
- Psalms 66:11 Torrey God appoints
- Psalms 66:12 Torrey Often severe
- Psalms 78:38 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Psalms 78:39 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Psalms 80:5 Torrey God regulates the measure of
- Psalms 89:30–32 Torrey Sin visited with
- Psalms 94:12 Easton
- Psalms 103:9 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- Psalms 103:10 Torrey Always less than we deserve
- Psalms 106:43–46 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Psalms 119:75 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- Psalms 126:5 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- Psalms 126:6 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- Proverbs 1:31 Torrey Sin produces
- Isaiah 9:1 Torrey God regulates the measure of
- Isaiah 10:15 Torrey God dispenses, as He will
- Isaiah 10:25 Torrey God determines the continuance of
- Isaiah 30:18–21 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Isaiah 45:7 Torrey God dispenses, as He will
- Isaiah 54:7 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- Isaiah 54:8 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- Isaiah 57:17 Torrey Sin visited with
- Isaiah 61:2 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- Isaiah 61:3 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- Jeremiah 24:5 Torrey Frequently terminate in good
- Jeremiah 24:6 Torrey Frequently terminate in good
- Jeremiah 29:10 Torrey God determines the continuance of
- Jeremiah 46:28 Torrey God regulates the measure of
- Lamentations 3:32 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Ezekiel 20:37 Torrey Frequently terminate in good
- Amos 3:6 Torrey God appoints
- Jonah 2:3 Torrey Often severe
- Micah 6:9 Torrey God appoints
- Micah 7:7–9 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Nahum 1:12 Torrey Tempered with mercy
- Matthew 5:4 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- Matthew 24:9 Torrey Often arise from the profession of the gospel
- John 15:21 Torrey Often arise from the profession of the gospel
- John 16:20 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- John 16:33 Torrey Saints are to expect
- Acts 13:10 Torrey Sin visited with
- Acts 13:11 Torrey Sin visited with
- Acts 14:22 Torrey Saints are to expect
- Acts 20:23 Torrey Of saints, are comparatively light
- Acts 20:24 Torrey Of saints, are comparatively light
- Romans 8:18 Torrey Of saints, are comparatively light
- Romans 8:35–39 Easton
- 1 Corinthians 11:32 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- 2 Corinthians 4:16–18 Easton
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 Torrey Of saints, are comparatively light
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Easton
- 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 Easton
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Torrey Saints appointed to
- 2 Timothy 3:11 Torrey Often arise from the profession of the gospel
- 2 Timothy 3:12 Torrey Often arise from the profession of the gospel
- Hebrews 12:6 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- Hebrews 12:7 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- James 1:2 Easton
- James 1:3 Easton
- James 1:12 Easton
- James 5:11 Torrey Saints have joy under
- 1 Peter 1:6 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- 1 Peter 4:13 Torrey Of saints, end in joy and blessedness
- 1 Peter 5:10 Torrey Of saints, are but temporary
- Revelation 3:19 Torrey Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
- Revelation 7:14 Torrey Often severe
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 14 references
Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord’s people (Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3:12). They are all directed by God (Lam. 3:33), and will result in the everlasting good of his people (2 Cor. 4:16-18) in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:35-39).
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 86 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 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
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.