Bible verses about Afflictions and Adversities
Scripture references about Afflictions and Adversities, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Afflictions and Adversities in Nave's Topical Bible
- Miscellany Of Minor Sub-Topics
- God regulates the measure of afflictions: Ps 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28
- Determines the continuance of: Ge 15:13,14; Nu 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10
- 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
- Sinners corrected by: 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 deserved: Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10
- Results of, 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
- Of Saints
- To be expected: Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22
- Comparatively light: Ac 20:23; 24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17
- Temporary: Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10
- Joy under: Job 5:17; Jas 5:11
- 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
- Of The Wicked
- God is glorified in: Ex 14:4; Eze 38:22,23
- God holds in derision: Ps 37:13; Pr 1:26,27
- Are multiplied: De 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Ps 32:10
- Continual: Job 15:20; Ec 2:23; Isa 32:10
- Often sudden: Ps 73:19; Pr 6:15; Isa 30:13; Re 18:10
- Are often judicially sent: Job 21:17; Ps 107:17; Jer 30:15
- Are for examples to others: Ps 64:7-9; Zep 3:6,7; 1Co 10:5,11; 2Pe 2:6
- Are ineffectual for their conversion: Ex 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17
- Their persecution of saints, a cause of: De 30:7; Ps 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6
- Impenitence is a cause of: Pr 1:30,31; Eze 24:13; Am 4:6-12; Zec 7:11,12; Re 2:21; 22
- Sometimes humble them: 1Ki 21:27
- Frequently harden: Ne 9:28,29; Jer 5:3
- Produce slavish fear: Job 15:24; Ps 73:19; Jer 49:3,5
- Saints should not be alarmed at: Pr 3:25,26
- Exemplified
- In Pharaoh and the Egyptians: Ex 9:14,15; 14:24,25
- Ahaziah: 2Ki 1:1-4
- Gehazi: 2Ki 5:27
- Jehoram: 2Ch 21:12-19
- Uzziah: 2Ch 26:19-21
- Ahaz, etc: 2Ch 28:5-8,22
- FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF: Job 2:9; 19:13-19
- David: Ps 31:11,12; 41:9; 88:8,18
- Jesus: Mt 26:56
- Paul: 2Ti 4:16
- NATIONAL LESSONS FROM: Joe 1; 2
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: Ge 3:16,17; De 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Job 3:1-26; 5:6,7,17,18; 6:1-30; 7:2-6; 9:18; 12:5; 14:1,22; 16:6-14; 17:7-16; 19:7-20; 23:10; 30:15-19; 33:19-22; 36:8-12,15; Ps 6:6,7; 18:4-6; 31:9-13; 32:3,4; 39:1-4; 42:6,7; 55:4-8; 66:10-12; 69:1-3,20; 73:10; 77:2-4; 80:5,6; 88:3-18; 89:32; 90:10; 102:3-11; 107:4,5,10,17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3,4; Pr 3:11,12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10,13; 15:13,15; 17:3,22; 18:14; Ec 2:22,23; 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16,17; 48:10; La 1:7,12; 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mr 9:49; Joh 15:2; 16:33; 2Co 1:8,9; 4:7-12,16,17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Heb 12:6,7,9; 1Pe 5:9; Re 3:19
- See: PENITENTS
- See: PERSECUTION
- See: POOR
- See: SORROW
- See: TEMPTATION
- BENEFITS OF: 1Ki 8:33,35,47-53; De 4:30,31; 30:1,2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11,17; 23:10; Ps 94:12,13; Pr 3:11,12; Heb 12:5; Ec 7:2,3; Isa 19:20,22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer 2:27; 22:22,23; 31:19; La 3:27,28; Eze 20:37,43; 6:9; Ho 2:6,7; 5:15; Ro 5:3,4; 8:17,28; 2Co 4:17; Php 1:12-14,19; Heb 12:5; Jas 1:2-4,12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:14
- BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED: Ge 22:12,16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Ex 9:27,28; 10:7,16,17; 12:31-33; Nu 21:7; Jud 10:6-8,10; 1Sa 12:9,10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 33:12,13; Ezr 9:5-15; Ne 9:32; Job 34:31,32; 40:1-5; Ps 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34,35; 119:67,71; Isa 26:16; Jer 31:18,19; La 3:19,20; Ho 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Lu 15:11-24; Ac 8:24
- Exemplified
- Joseph's brethren: Ge 42:21
- Joseph: Ge 45:5,7,8
- Israel: De 8:3,5
- Josiah: 2Ki 22:19
- Hezekiah: 2Ch 32:25,26
- Manasseh: 2Ch 33:12
- Jonah: Jon 2:7
- Prodigal son: Lu 15:21
- CONSOLATION IN: Ge 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17,33; 31:42; Ex 3:7,8,16,17; 14:13,14; De 33:27; 2Sa 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Ps 9:9,10; 23:4; 27:5,6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4,19,20; 37:23,24,32,33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 56:8-10; 62:1,2,5-8,11,12; 68:6; 69:20,33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13,14; 112:4; 119:50,52,54,92,143; 138:3,7,8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Pr 12:13; Ec 4:1; Isa 4:6; 14:31,32; 25:4; 30:19,20; 40:1,2,29; 41:10,13,14,17; 42:3; 43:2; 49:13; 50:4,7-10; 51:3-13; 54:4,11; 58:10; 61:1-3; 63:9; 66:5,13,14; Jer 31:13,25; 39:17,18; La 3:31-33,57; Eze 11:16; Ho 2:14,15; 6:1-3; Na 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mt 5:4,10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36,40; 28:5,9,10; Mr 6:50; Lu 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6,7; 21:18; Joh 14:1,16,18,27; 15:18,20; 16:20,22,33; Ac 12:5; 23:11; Ro 8:28,35-39; 12:12,15; 15:4; 2Co 1:3-5,7; 4:8-10,16,17; 7:6; 12:9; Ga 6:2; Php 1:19; 1Th 4:13,16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2:16,17; 2Ti 2:12; 4:17; Heb 2:14,15,18; 4:15,16; 6:18; 12:1-4; 13:3,5,6; Jas 1:12,27; 5:8,10; 1Pe 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Re 2:9,10; 3:2,10; 7:14-17
- Deliverance From
- See: PRAYER ANSWERED
- DESIGN OF: De 8:2,16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Jud 2:21,22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 6:24-31; 7:13,14; Job 33:11,16-30; 36:8-10; Ps 66:10; 106:43,44; 107:10-14,17-21,23-31; 119:71; Ec 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; 4:3,4; 9:13,14; 52:5,6; Jer 24:5; La 1:5; Eze 6:10; 14:10,11; Da 4:25-27,34; Ho 5:15; Am 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Joh 9:2,3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1Co 11:32; 2Co 1:4-6; 4:11,17; 12:7; Php 1:29,30; 2Th 1:4,5; Heb 2:10-18; 5:8,9; 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6,7; 5:10; Re 2:10
- See BENEFITS OF, above
- DESPONDENCY IN: Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Ps 22:1,2; Pr 24:10; La 3:39; Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34; Lu 18:1
- DISPENSATION OF GOD: Ex 4:11; De 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Ru 1:20,21; 1Sa 2:6,7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 15:5; 2Ch 7:12-22; Job 1:21; 5:6,17,18; 6:4; 9:12,22; 10:8; 11:10; 12:14-25; 19:6,21; 21:17; 23:16; 27:2; 30:11; 34:29; Ps 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6,7,16; 89:38-45; 90:7,15; 102:10,23; Isa 30:20; 45:7; Jer 45:3; La 1:5; 3:1; Da 4:24-26; Am 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Ro 8:20; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:10; Re 3:19
- FROM SATAN: Job 1; 2; 2Co 12:7
- See: TEMPTATION
- See IMPENITENCE IN
- See OBDURACY IN, below
- MOCKING AT: Job 12:5; Pr 17:5
- Murmuring In
- See: MURMURING
- OBDURACY IN: Le 26:23,24,27,28; Job 36:12,13; Ps 78:31,32; Isa 8:21; 9:13; 22:12,13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jer 2:30,35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Da 9:13; Ho 7:9,10,14; 9:17; Am 4:6-11; Zep 3:2,7; Hag 2:17; Re 9:20,21; 16:9-11,21
- As a Judgment
- See: JUDGEMENT
- See: IMPENITENCE
- Instances Of
- Pharaoh: Ex 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9
- Asa: 2Ch 16:12
- Ahaz: 2Ch 28:22,23
- Penitence In: Instances Of
- Pharaoh: Ex 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30,31; 14:5-9
- David: 2Sa 12:15,16,23
- Nebuchadnezzar: Da 4:28-37
- Levites: Ne 9:33
- PRAYER IN: Ge 32:11; 43:14; Ex 17:4; Nu 20:16; 1Sa 1:10,11; 2Sa 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1Ki 8:36-50; 2Ki 19:16,19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12,13; Ne 4:4,5,9; 6:9,14; 9:32; Job 10:2,9,15; 13:21; 16:20; Ps 3:1,2,7; 4:1; 5:8; 6:1-7; 7:1,2,6,7; 9:13,14; 10:1,12-15; 13:1-4; 16:1; 17:1,2,6-9,13,14; 20:1,2; 22:1-21; 25:2,16-19,22; 27:11,12; 28:1; 30:9,10; 31:1-4,14-18; 35:1-3,17,19,22,23,25; 38:1-22; 39:10,12,13; 40:13,17; 42:9; 43:1-5; 44:4,23-26; 50:15; 54:1-3; 55:1-17; 56:1-13; 57:1,2; 59:1-17; 60:1-3,11; 61:1,2; 64:1,2; 69:1-36; 70:1,2; 71:1,2,4,9,12; 74:1,3,10,11,19,21-23; 77:1,2,7-9; 79:1,5,8,9,11; 80:1,3-5,14; 83:1-18; 85:5-7; 86:1-17; 88:9-14; 89:39-51; 90:15; 94:1-23; 102:2,24; 106:47; 108:6,12; 109:1-31; 116:4; 119:22,28,39,41,42,76,77,82,84, 107,121-123,134,145-149,153,154,170,173; 120:2; 123:3,4; 126:4; 130:1-8; 140:1-13; 141:1-10; 142:1,2,5-7; 143:1-12; Isa 33:2; 38:2,3,14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1,9-12; Jer 10:24; 14:8,9,19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17,18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; La 1:9-11,20; 2:18,19; 5:1,16,17,19-22; Da 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab 1:12,13; Mt 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39,42,44; 27:46; Mr 14:36; 15:34; Lu 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; Joh 11:3; Ac 4:29,30; 7:59,60; 2Co 12:8; Jas 5:13-16
- See: PRAYER
- Prayer In, Answered
- See: PRAYER, ANSWERED
- Prayer For The Afflicted
- See: INTERCESSION
- RESIGNATION IN: Job 5:17; 13:15; 34:31,32,34; Ps 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Pr 3:11; La 3:22-36,39; Mic 6:9; Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 21:19; 22:42; Joh 18:11; Ro 5:3; 12:12; 2Co 12:9; Php 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 4:5; Heb 10:34; 12:3-12; Jas 1:10; 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 2:20; 4:12,13,19; 5:6,7
- RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED: Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 15:26; 16:10,12; 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 20:19; Ne 9:33; Es 4:16; Job 1:21,22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Ps 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isa 39:8; Jer 10:19; La 1:18; 3:39; Da 9:14; Mic 7:9; Lu 23:40,41; Ac 21:14; Ro 5:3,4; 2Co 6:4-10; 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jas 5:11
- See: RESIGNATION
- Instances Of Resignation In
- Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu: Le 10:1-3
- Against his house were foretold: 1Sa 3:15-18
- David, at the death of his child: 2Sa 12:23
- The Shunammite woman: 2Ki 4:18-37
- Jesus, in Gethsemane: Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42; Joh 18:11
- Paul and Silas in prison: Ac 16:23-25