Topic
Tribulation
57 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:30Easton · ISBE
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
- Matthew 13:21Easton · ISBE
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Matthew 24:21Easton · ISBE
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
- Matthew 24:29Easton · ISBE
¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- John 16:33ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Genesis 42:21ISBE
¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
- Numbers 22:26ISBE
And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
- Judges 10:14ISBE
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
- 1 Samuel 10:19ISBE
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- 1 Samuel 26:24ISBE
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
- 2 Chronicles 20:9ISBE
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
- Job 15:24ISBE
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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- Job 30:12 ISBE
- Job 41:7 ISBE
- Job 41:15 ISBE
- Psalms 4:2 ISBE
- Psalms 18:7 ISBE
- Psalms 32:7 ISBE
- Psalms 44:11 ISBE
- Psalms 78:42 ISBE
- Psalms 102:3 ISBE
- Psalms 106:44 ISBE
- Psalms 119:143 ISBE
- Psalms 120:1 ISBE
- Proverbs 11:8 ISBE
- Proverbs 24:10 ISBE
- Isaiah 26:16 ISBE
- Isaiah 30:20 ISBE
- Isaiah 59:9 ISBE
- Isaiah 63:9 ISBE
- Jeremiah 15:11 ISBE
- Ezekiel 30:16 ISBE
- Hosea 5:15 ISBE
- Jonah 2:2 ISBE
- Nahum 1:9 ISBE
- Zechariah 10:11 ISBE
- Matthew 24:9 ISBE
- Mark 4:17 ISBE
- Mark 13:19 ISBE
- Mark 13:24 ISBE
- Acts 11:19 ISBE
- Romans 2:9 Easton
- Romans 5:3 ISBE
- Romans 12:12 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 1:6 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 2:4 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 7:4 Easton
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 ISBE
- Philippians 4:14 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4 ISBE
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 5:10 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:37 ISBE
- Revelation 7:14 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 “tribulation and anguish” are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 55 references
trib-u-la'-shun (tsar, tsar, "staid," "narrow," "pent up"; compare Nu 22:26):
1. In the Old Testament:
Closely pressed, as of seals (Job 41:15 (7)); of streams pent up (Isa 59:9 margin); of strength limited (Pr 24:10, "small"). Hence, figuratively, of straitened circumstances; variously rendered "affliction," "tribulation," "distress" (De 4:30; Job 15:24; 30:12; Ps 4:2; 18:7; 32:7; 44:11, etc.; Ps 78:42; 102:3; 106:44; 119:143; Isa 26:16; 30:20; Ho 5:15; Eze 30:16). Frequently, the feminine form (tsarah) is similarly rendered "tribulation" (Jud 10:14 the King James Version; 1Sa 10:19 the King James Version; 1Sa 26:24); in other places "distress," "affliction" (Ge 42:21; Ps 120:1; Pr 11:8; 2Ch 20:9; Isa 63:9; Jer 15:11; Jon 2:2; Na 1:9; Zec 10:11).
2. In the New Testament:
The Greek is thlipsis, a "pressing together" (as of grapes), squeezing or pinching (from verb thlibo); used figuratively for "distress," "tribulation"; Septuagint for tsar and tsarah; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) tribulatio pressura (from tribulum, "a threshing sledge"). The verb form is rendered "suffer tribulation" (1Th 3:4 the King James Version, "suffer affliction" the Revised Version (British and American)); "trouble" (2Th 1:6 the King James Version, "afflict" the Revised Version (British and American); compare 2Co 1:6; 4:8; 7:5; 1Ti 5:10; Heb 11:37). The noun form is rendered in the King James Version variously as "tribulation," "affliction," "persecution," though more uniformly "tribulation" in the Revised Version (British and American). The word is used generally of the hardships which Christ's followers would suffer (Mt 13:21; 24:9,21,29; Mr 4:17; 13:19,24; Joh 16:33; 1Co 7:28); or which they are now passing through (Ro 5:3; 12:12; 2Co 4:17; Php 4:14); or through which they have already come (Ac 11:19; 2Co 2:4; Re 7:14).
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.