Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
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Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
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Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
Psalms 126:6
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Isaiah 41:14
Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew 10:37
He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
1 Corinthians 10:13
You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
1 Timothy 6:12
Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
Hebrews 6:17
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
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Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
Genesis 21:11
And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Genesis 22:2
And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
2 Samuel 18:33
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Exodus 1:12
But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
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Exodus 32:34
But now, go, take the people into that place of which I have given you word; see, my angel will go before you: but when the time of my judging has come, I will send punishment on them for their sin.
1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.
1 Kings 11:14
So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
1 Kings 11:31
And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;
1 Kings 11:39
(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)
Amos 3:2
You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
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Leviticus 26:41
So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,
Leviticus 26:43
And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in trouble and all these things have come on you, if, in the future, you are turned again to the Lord your God, and give ear to his voice:
1 Kings 8:46
If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;
1 Kings 8:47
And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;
1 Kings 8:48
And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:
2 Chronicles 33:12
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
Psalms 50:15
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
Daniel 9:7
O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
Daniel 9:8
O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our fathers, because of our sin against you.
Daniel 9:9
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
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Deuteronomy 4:1
And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:40
Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.
Deuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
Deuteronomy 5:33
Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 8:6
Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.
Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;
Deuteronomy 30:19
Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:
2 Samuel 24:2
And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.
Psalms 94:11
The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
Matthew 4:4
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
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Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.
2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.
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2 Samuel 4:1
And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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2 Samuel 21:1
In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.
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2 Kings 4:26
Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.
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Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
Job 1:2
And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 1:3
And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.
Job 1:10
Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
Job 28:28
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
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Job 33:20
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
Job 33:21
His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...
Job 33:22
And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.
Job 33:24
And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:
Job 33:25
Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;
Job 33:26
He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
Job 33:27
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
Job 33:28
He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
Psalms 71:20
You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
Psalms 118:18
The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.
Isaiah 38:16
O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.
Isaiah 64:5
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
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Job 42:2
I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.
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Job 42:3
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.
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Exodus 15:23
And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.
Psalms 26:2
Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
Psalms 66:10
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Psalms 139:23
O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
Proverbs 17:3
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Isaiah 1:26
And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
Ezekiel 24:13
As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.
Daniel 11:35
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:
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Psalms 42:5
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
Psalms 42:6
My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 42:8
But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalms 42:11
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
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Psalms 89:30
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
Psalms 89:31
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
Psalms 89:33
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
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Psalms 90:12
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 94:19
Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Hosea 10:12
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
2 Corinthians 1:4
Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Philippians 1:6
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
Hebrews 6:14
Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.
Hebrews 6:19
And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
James 1:20
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
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Psalms 105:24
And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
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Psalms 106:15
And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.
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Psalms 119:50
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Psalms 126:5
Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Isaiah 40:2
Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
Luke 8:15
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
Romans 8:37
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
Romans 12:21
Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
1 Timothy 4:8
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
2 Timothy 2:25
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
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Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
Proverbs 4:1
Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
Proverbs 4:4
And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Proverbs 22:6
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
Proverbs 29:21
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.
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Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Proverbs 11:28
He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
Isaiah 40:1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Isaiah 61:2
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
John 4:36
He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
Acts 8:30
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
2 Corinthians 1:6
But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
2 Timothy 3:16
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
1 Peter 3:4
But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
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Proverbs 12:1
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Proverbs 15:10
There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
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Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Proverbs 29:11
A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.
Matthew 25:11
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
John 13:7
And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.
John 13:36
Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.
1 Corinthians 15:46
But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.
Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.
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Job 4:5
But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.
Proverbs 24:10
If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
Isaiah 40:30
Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
Isaiah 40:31
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
2 Corinthians 4:1
For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
Hebrews 12:4
Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:
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Isaiah 9:9
And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,
Isaiah 9:10
The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.
Isaiah 9:11
For this cause the Lord has made strong the haters of Israel, driving them on to make war against him;
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Isaiah 19:1
The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.
Isaiah 19:2
And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.
Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
Isaiah 19:4
And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
Isaiah 19:5
And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
Isaiah 19:6
And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
Isaiah 19:7
The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.
Isaiah 19:8
The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.
Isaiah 19:9
And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
Isaiah 19:10
And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who...will be sad in heart.
Isaiah 19:11
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?
Isaiah 19:12
Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.
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Isaiah 19:13
The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.
Isaiah 19:14
The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.
Isaiah 19:15
And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.
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Isaiah 33:20
Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.
Isaiah 33:21
But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ...wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.
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Jeremiah 48:40
For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.
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Job 27:2
By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
Lamentations 3:5
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Lamentations 3:15
He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
Lamentations 3:19
Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
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Lamentations 3:28
Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
Lamentations 3:30
Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
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Ezekiel 14:11
So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:24
For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;
Isaiah 4:4
When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.
Isaiah 32:16
Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.
Ezekiel 22:19
For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you together inside Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:20
As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.
Ezekiel 22:21
Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
Ezekiel 22:22
As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I the Lord have let loose my passion on you.
Zechariah 13:8
And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.
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Psalms 60:11
Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.
Daniel 9:14
So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
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Job 7:19
How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?
Psalms 6:1
To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 38:1
A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 88:7
The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
Psalms 88:15
I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.
Psalms 88:16
The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
Isaiah 27:8
Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
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Numbers 11:12
Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?
Deuteronomy 3:5
All these towns had high walls round them with doors and locks; and in addition we took a great number of unwalled towns.
Isaiah 63:15
Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our father, though Abraham has no knowledge of us, and Israel gives no thought to us: you, O Lord, are our father; from the earliest days you have taken up our cause.
Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
Hosea 6:2
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
Matthew 6:9
Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Matthew 6:32
Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
Luke 15:21
And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
Romans 6:21
What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
James 4:9
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
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Matthew 10:29
Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:
Matthew 10:30
But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew 10:31
Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
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Matthew 26:21
And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.
Matthew 26:22
And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?
John 16:6
But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.
2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 2:5
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).
2 Corinthians 2:8
For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.
2 Corinthians 2:9
And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.
Galatians 4:12
My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
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Mark 4:26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
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Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
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Luke 1:29
But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?
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Deuteronomy 32:39
See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
Isaiah 19:22
And the Lord will send punishment on Egypt, and will make them well again; and when they come back to the Lord he will give ear to their prayer and take away their disease.
Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
Ezekiel 20:37
And I will make you go under the rod and will make you small in number:
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
Micah 7:10
And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.
Matthew 7:9
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 11:11
And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?
Luke 11:12
Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
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Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
Psalms 92:12
The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Psalms 92:13
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
Psalms 92:14
They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
Isaiah 5:2
And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
Luke 13:6
And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.
Luke 13:7
And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?
Luke 13:8
And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
Luke 13:9
And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
John 15:8
Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Job 22:2
Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.
Psalms 27:13
I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalms 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
Psalms 37:7
Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Luke 14:27
Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 12:12
Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
Romans 15:4
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
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Psalms 25:10
All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
Psalms 85:10
Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
Isaiah 54:7
For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
Isaiah 54:8
In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 6:23
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4:9
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with you all.
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Romans 15:28
So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.
2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
Philippians 4:17
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
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Job 3:20
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
Job 33:17
In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;
Job 33:18
To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.
Job 33:32
If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.
Psalms 30:12
So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
Psalms 142:7
Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.
Isaiah 38:17
See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
Isaiah 38:18
For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
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Luke 22:61
And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.
Luke 22:62
And he went out, weeping bitterly.
John 21:17
He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
2 Corinthians 2:6
Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
2 Corinthians 2:10
But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
2 Corinthians 2:11
So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:8
For though my letter gave you pain, I have no regret for it now, though I had before; for I see that the letter gave you pain, but only for a time.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.
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Job 9:27
If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;
Job 9:28
I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.
Psalms 69:20
My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
Psalms 119:28
My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
Matthew 26:37
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.
Romans 9:2
That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.
Philippians 2:26
Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
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Romans 11:22
See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;
1 Timothy 2:2
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.
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Hebrews 1:4
Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.
Hebrews 2:17
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 5:9
And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
Hebrews 5:10
Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 10:14
Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.
Hebrews 10:36
For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
Hebrews 10:37
In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
Hebrews 10:38
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
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Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
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Hebrews 12:16
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
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2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
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2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
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Psalms 73:24
Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
Isaiah 57:2
They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
Matthew 25:23
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
Revelation 2:9
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:10
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 7:15
This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
Revelation 7:16
They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
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