Afflictions
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.