Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES

• MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
  • God regulates the measure of afflictions Ps. 80:5; Isa. 9:1; Jer. 46:28
  • Determines the continuance of Gen. 15:13, 14; Num. 14:33; Isa. 10:25; Jer. 29:10
  • Does not willingly send Lam. 3:33
  • Man is born to Job 5:6, 7, 14:1
  • Saints appointed to 1 Th. 3:3
  • Consequent upon the fall Gen. 3:16-19
  • Sin produces Job 4:8, 20:11; Pr. 1:31
  • Sinners corrected by 2 Sam. 12:14; Ps. 89:30-32; Isa. 57:17; Acts 13:10, 11
  • Often severe Job 16:7-16; Ps. 42:7, 66:12; Jonah 2:3; Rev. 7:14
  • Always less than deserved Ezra 9:13; Ps. 103:10
  • Results of, good Gen. 50:20; Ex. 1:11, 12; Dt. 8:15, 16; Jer. 24:5, 6; Ezek. 20:37
  • Tempered with mercy Ps. 78:38, 39, 106:43-46; Isa. 30:18-21; Lam. 3:32; Mic. 7:7-9; Nah. 1:12
• OF SAINTS
  • To be expected Jn. 16:33; Acts 14:22
  • Comparatively light Acts 20:23; Acts 24; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17
  • Temporary Ps. 30:5, 103:9; Isa. 54:7, 8; Jn. 16:20; 1 Pet. 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; 1 Pet. 4:13, 14
  • Often arise from the profession of the gospel Mt. 24:9; Jn. 15:21; 2 Tim. 3:11, 12
  • Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God Dt. 8:5; Ps. 119:75; Pr. 3:12; 1 Cor. 11:32; Heb. 12:6, 7; Rev. 3:19
• OF THE WICKED
  • God is glorified in Ex. 14:4; Ezek. 38:22, 23
  • God holds in derision Ps. 37:13; Pr. 1:26, 27
  • Are multiplied Dt. 31:17; Job 20:5, 21:17; Ps. 32:10
  • Continual Job 15:20; Eccl. 2:23; Isa. 32:10
  • Often sudden Ps. 73:19; Pr. 6:15; Isa. 30:13; Rev. 18:10
  • Are often judicially sent Job 21:17; Ps. 107:17; Jer. 30:15
  • Are for examples to others Ps. 64:7-9; Zeph. 3:6, 7; 1 Cor. 10:5, 11; 2 Pet. 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 Dt. 30:7; Ps. 55:19; Zech. 2:9; 2 Th. 1:6
  • Impenitence is a cause of Pr. 1:30, 31; Ezek. 24:13; Amos 4:6-12; Zech. 7:11, 12; Rev. 2:21; 22
  • Sometimes humble them 1 Ki. 21:27
  • Frequently harden Neh. 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 2 Ki. 1:1-4
    • Gehazi 2 Ki. 5:27
    • Jehoram 2 Chr. 21:12-19
    • Uzziah 2 Chr. 26:19-21
    • Ahaz, etc 2 Chr. 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 2 Tim. 4:16
• NATIONAL LESSONS FROM Joel 1; 2
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 3:16, 17; Dt. 8:5; 2 Sam. 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; Eccl. 2:22, 23, 7:2-4; Isa. 1:6, 24:1-16, 26:16, 17, 48:10; Lam. 1:7, 12, 3:1-36; Zech. 13:9; Mk. 9:49; Jn. 15:2, 16:33; 2 Cor. 1:8, 9, 4:7-12, 16, 17, 6:4-10, 11:23-30; Heb. 12:6, 7, 9; 1 Pet. 5:9; Rev. 3:19
  • See PENITENTS
  • See PERSECUTION
  • See POOR
  • See SORROW
  • See TEMPTATION
• BENEFITS OF 1 Ki. 8:33, 35, 47-53; Dt. 4:30, 31, 30:1, 2; 2 Chr. 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11, 17, 23:10; Ps. 94:12, 13; Pr. 3:11, 12; Heb. 12:5; Eccl. 7:2, 3; Isa. 19:20, 22, 26:9, 27:9; Jer. 2:27, 22:22, 23, 31:19; Lam. 3:27, 28; Ezek. 20:37, 43, 6:9; Hos. 2:6, 7, 5:15; Rom. 5:3, 4, 8:17, 28; 2 Cor. 4:17; Phil. 1:12-14, 19; Heb. 12:5; Jas. 1:2-4, 12; 1 Pet. 1:7, 4:14
• BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED Gen. 22:12, 16-18, 32:11, 42:21; Ex. 9:27, 28, 10:7, 16, 17, 12:31-33; Num. 21:7; Judg. 10:6-8, 10; 1 Sam. 12:9, 10; 1 Ki. 13:1-10; 2 Chr. 15:4, 33:12, 13; Ezra 9:5-15; Neh. 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; Lam. 3:19, 20; Hos. 6:1; Jonah 2:1-10; Lk. 15:11-24; Acts 8:24
  • Exemplified
    • Joseph's brethren Gen. 42:21
    • Joseph Gen. 45:5, 7, 8
    • Israel Dt. 8:3, 5
    • Josiah 2 Ki. 22:19
    • Hezekiah 2 Chr. 32:25, 26
    • Manasseh 2 Chr. 33:12
    • Jonah Jonah 2:7
    • Prodigal son Lk. 15:21
• CONSOLATION IN Gen. 21:17, 16:7-13, 26:17, 33, 31:42; Ex. 3:7, 8, 16, 17, 14:13, 14; Dt. 33:27; 2 Sam. 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; Eccl. 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; Lam. 3:31-33, 57; Ezek. 11:16; Hos. 2:14, 15, 6:1-3; Nah. 1:7; Zeph. 3:18; Mt. 5:4, 10-12, 10:29-31, 11:28, 14:27, 25:34-36, 40, 28:5, 9, 10; Mk. 6:50; Lk. 6:21-23, 7:13, 12:6, 7, 21:18; Jn. 14:1, 16, 18, 27, 15:18, 20, 16:20, 22, 33; Acts 12:5, 23:11; Rom. 8:28, 35-39, 12:12, 15, 15:4; 2 Cor. 1:3-5, 7, 4:8-10, 16, 17, 7:6, 12:9; Gal. 6:2; Phil. 1:19; 1 Th. 4:13, 16-18; 2 Th. 1:7, 2:16, 17; 2 Tim. 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; 1 Pet. 2:21-24, 4:12-14, 5:7; Rev. 2:9, 10, 3:2, 10, 7:14-17
• DELIVERANCE FROM
  • See PRAYER ANSWERED
• DESIGN OF Dt. 8:2, 16, 30:1-3, 31:17; Judg. 2:21, 22; 1 Ki. 8:33-48; 2 Chr. 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; Eccl. 7:14; Isa. 1:25-27, 4:3, 4, 9:13, 14, 52:5, 6; Jer. 24:5; Lam. 1:5; Ezek. 6:10, 14:10, 11; Dan. 4:25-27, 34; Hos. 5:15; Amos 4:6; Mic. 6:9; Mal. 3:3; Jn. 9:2, 3, 11:4, 15:2, 21:19; 1 Cor. 11:32; 2 Cor. 1:4-6, 4:11, 17, 12:7; Phil. 1:29, 30; 2 Th. 1:4, 5; Heb. 2:10-18, 5:8, 9, 12:5-11; 1 Pet. 1:6, 7, 5:10; Rev. 2:10
  • See BENEFITS OF
• DESPONDENCY IN Job 4:5, 9:16-35; Ps. 22:1, 2; Pr. 24:10; Lam. 3:39; Mt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34; Lk. 18:1
• DISPENSATION OF GOD Ex. 4:11; Dt. 4:5-31, 28:15-68, 32:39; Ruth 1:20, 21; 1 Sam. 2:6, 7; 2 Sam. 16:10; 2 Ki. 6:33, 15:5; 2 Chr. 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; Lam. 1:5, 3:1; Dan. 4:24-26; Amos 3:6; Jonah 2:3; Mic. 1:12; Rom. 8:20; 1 Cor. 11:32; Heb. 12:10; Rev. 3:19
• FROM SATAN Job 1-2; 2 Cor. 12:7
  • See TEMPTATION
  • See IMPENITENCE
  • See OBDURACY IN
• MOCKING AT Job 12:5; Pr. 17:5
• MURMURING IN
  • See MURMURING
• OBDURACY IN Lev. 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; Dan. 9:13; Hos. 7:9, 10, 14, 9:17; Amos 4:6-11; Zeph. 3:2, 7; Hag. 2:17; Rev. 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 2 Chr. 16:12
    • Ahaz 2 Chr. 28:22, 23
• PENITENCE IN: INSTANCES OF
  • Pharaoh Ex. 8:8, 9:27-30, 12:30, 31, 14:5-9
  • David 2 Sam. 12:15, 16, 23
  • Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4:28-37
  • Levites Neh. 9:33
• PRAYER IN Gen. 32:11, 43:14; Ex. 17:4; Num. 20:16; 1 Sam. 1:10, 11; 2 Sam. 12:22, 15:31, 22:7; 1 Ki. 8:36-50; 2 Ki. 19:16, 19; 1 Chr. 5:20; 2 Chr. 6:24-39, 14:11, 20:4-13, 33:12, 13; Neh. 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; Lam. 1:9-11, 20, 2:18, 19, 5:1, 16, 17, 19-22; Dan. 6:10; Joel 1:19; Jonah 1:14, 2:1-10; Hab. 1:12, 13; Mt. 8:25, 14:30, 15:22-28, 26:39, 42, 44, 27:46; Mk. 14:36, 15:34; Lk. 18:1, 22:42, 23:46; Jn. 11:3; Acts 4:29, 30, 7:59, 60; 2 Cor. 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; Lam. 3:22-36, 39; Mic. 6:9; Mt. 26:39; Mk. 14:36; Lk. 21:19, 22:42; Jn. 18:11; Rom. 5:3, 12:12; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil. 2:14; Col. 1:11; 1 Th. 3:3; 2 Th. 1:4; 2 Tim. 2:3, 4:5; Heb. 10:34, 12:3-12; Jas. 1:10, 4:7; 1 Pet. 1:6, 2:20, 4:12, 13, 19, 5:6, 7
• RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED Judg. 10:15; 1 Sam. 3:18; 2 Sam. 12:23, 15:26, 16:10, 12, 24:14; 2 Ki. 4:26, 20:19; Neh. 9:33; Esther 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; Lam. 1:18, 3:39; Dan. 9:14; Mic. 7:9; Lk. 23:40, 41; Acts 21:14; Rom. 5:3, 4; 2 Cor. 6:4-10, 7:4; 2 Th. 1:4; Jas. 5:11
  • See RESIGNATION
  • INSTANCES OF RESIGNATION IN
    • Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu Lev. 10:1-3
    • Against his house were foretold 1 Sam. 3:15-18
    • David, at the death of his child 2 Sam. 12:23
    • The Shunammite woman 2 Ki. 4:18-37
    • Jesus, in Gethsemane Mt. 26:39; Mk. 14:36; Lk. 22:42; Jn. 18:11
    • Paul and Silas in prison Acts 16:23-25