Afflictions and Adversities

• God regulates the measure of afflictions — Psalms 80:5; Isaiah 9:1; Jeremiah 46:28
• Determines the continuance of — Genesis 15:13; Genesis 15:14; Numbers 14:33; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 29:10
• Does not willingly send — Lamentations 3:33
• Man is born to — Job 5:6; Job 5:7; Job 14:1
• Saints appointed to — 1 Thessalonians 3:3
• Consequent upon the fall — Genesis 3:16
• Sin produces — Job 4:8; Job 20:11; Proverbs 1:31
• Sinners corrected by — 2 Samuel 12:14; Psalms 89:30; Isaiah 57:17; Acts 13:10; Acts 13:11
• Often severe — Job 16:7; Psalms 42:7; Psalms 66:12; Jonah 2:3; Revelation 7:14
• Always less than deserved — Ezra 9:13; Psalms 103:10
• Results of, good — Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 1:12; Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 8:16; Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 24:6; Ezekiel 20:37
• Tempered with mercy — Psalms 78:38; Psalms 78:39; Psalms 106:43; Isaiah 30:18; Lamentations 3:32; Micah 7:7; Nahum 1:12
• To be expected — John 16:33; Acts 14:22
• Comparatively light — Acts 20:23; Acts 24; Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17
• Temporary — Psalms 30:5; Psalms 103:9; Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 54:8; John 16:20; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 5:10
• Joy under — Job 5:17; James 5:11
• End in joy and blessedness — Psalms 126:5; Psalms 126:6; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 61:3; Matthew 5:4; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 4:14
• Often arise from the profession of the gospel — Matthew 24:9; John 15:21; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:12
• Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God — Deuteronomy 8:5; Psalms 119:75; Proverbs 3:12; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:6; Hebrews 12:7; Revelation 3:19
• God is glorified in — Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 38:23
• God holds in derision — Psalms 37:13; Proverbs 1:26; Proverbs 1:27
• Are multiplied — Deuteronomy 31:17; Job 20:5; Job 21:17; Psalms 32:10
• Continual — Job 15:20; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Isaiah 32:10
• Often sudden — Psalms 73:19; Proverbs 6:15; Isaiah 30:13; Revelation 18:10
• Are often judicially sent — Job 21:17; Psalms 107:17; Jeremiah 30:15
• Are for examples to others — Psalms 64:7; Zephaniah 3:6; Zephaniah 3:7; 1 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Peter 2:6
• Are ineffectual for their conversion — Exodus 9:30; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 2:30; Haggai 2:17
• Their persecution of saints, a cause of — Deuteronomy 30:7; Psalms 55:19; Zechariah 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:6
• Impenitence is a cause of — Proverbs 1:30; Proverbs 1:31; Ezekiel 24:13; Amos 4:6; Zechariah 7:11; Zechariah 7:12; Revelation 2:21; Revelation 22
• Sometimes humble them — 1 Kings 21:27
• Frequently harden — Nehemiah 9:28; Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 5:3
• Produce slavish fear — Job 15:24; Psalms 73:19; Jeremiah 49:3; Jeremiah 49:5
• Saints should not be alarmed at — Proverbs 3:25; Proverbs 3:26
• In Pharaoh and the Egyptians — Exodus 9:14; Exodus 9:15; Exodus 14:24; Exodus 14:25
• Ahaziah — 2 Kings 1:1
• Gehazi — 2 Kings 5:27
• Jehoram — 2 Chronicles 21:12
• Uzziah — 2 Chronicles 26:19
• Ahaz, etc — 2 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 28:22
• FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN: INSTANCES OF — Job 2:9; Job 19:13
• David — Psalms 31:11; Psalms 31:12; Psalms 41:9; Psalms 88:8; Psalms 88:18
• Jesus — Matthew 26:56
• Paul — 2 Timothy 4:16
• NATIONAL LESSONS FROM — Joel 1; Joel 2
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — Genesis 3:16; Genesis 3:17; Deuteronomy 8:5; 2 Samuel 7:14; Job 3:1; Job 5:6; Job 5:7; Job 5:17; Job 5:18; Job 6:1; Job 7:2; Job 9:18; Job 12:5; Job 14:1, and 77 more
• BENEFITS OF 1KI 8:33,35,47-53 — Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 30:1; Deuteronomy 30:2; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Job 5:6; Job 5:17; Job 23:10; Psalms 94:12; Psalms 94:13; Proverbs 3:11; Proverbs 3:12; Hebrews 12:5; Ecclesiastes 7:2, and 29 more
• BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED — Genesis 22:12; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 32:11; Genesis 42:21; Exodus 9:27; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 10:7; Exodus 10:16; Exodus 10:17; Exodus 12:31; Numbers 21:7; Judges 10:6; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 12:9, and 25 more
• Joseph's brethren — Genesis 42:21
• Joseph — Genesis 45:5; Genesis 45:7; Genesis 45:8
• Israel — Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 8:5
• Josiah — 2 Kings 22:19
• Hezekiah — 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 32:26
• Manasseh — 2 Chronicles 33:12
• Jonah — Jonah 2:7
• Prodigal son — Luke 15:21
• CONSOLATION IN — Genesis 21:17; Genesis 16:7; Genesis 26:17; Genesis 26:33; Genesis 31:42; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:16; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 14:13; Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 33:27; 2 Samuel 22:28; Job 5:6, and 161 more
• DESIGN OF — Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 30:1; Deuteronomy 31:17; Judges 2:21; Judges 2:22; 1 Kings 8:33; 2 Chronicles 6:24; 2 Chronicles 7:13; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Job 33:11; Job 33:16; Job 36:8; Psalms 66:10, and 47 more
• DESPONDENCY IN — Job 4:5; Job 9:16; Psalms 22:1; Psalms 22:2; Proverbs 24:10; Lamentations 3:39; Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34; Luke 18:1
• DISPENSATION OF GOD — Exodus 4:11; Deuteronomy 4:5; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 32:39; Ruth 1:20; Ruth 1:21; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:7; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 7:12; Job 1:21; Job 5:6, and 40 more
• FROM SATAN — Job 1; Job 2; 2 Corinthians 12:7
• MOCKING AT — Job 12:5; Proverbs 17:5
• OBDURACY IN — Leviticus 26:23; Leviticus 26:24; Leviticus 26:27; Leviticus 26:28; Job 36:12; Job 36:13; Psalms 78:31; Psalms 78:32; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 42:25, and 19 more
• Pharaoh — Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:30; Exodus 14:5
• Asa — 2 Chronicles 16:12
• Ahaz — 2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 28:23
• Pharaoh — Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:27; Exodus 12:30; Exodus 12:31; Exodus 14:5
• David — 2 Samuel 12:15; 2 Samuel 12:16; 2 Samuel 12:23
• Nebuchadnezzar — Daniel 4:28
• Levites — Nehemiah 9:33
• PRAYER IN — Genesis 32:11; Genesis 43:14; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 20:16; 1 Samuel 1:10; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 8:36; 2 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 19:19; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 6:24, and 197 more
• RESIGNATION IN — Job 5:17; Job 13:15; Job 34:31; Job 34:32; Job 34:34; Psalms 4:4; Psalms 37:1; Psalms 46:10; Proverbs 3:11; Lamentations 3:22; Lamentations 3:39; Micah 6:9; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36, and 23 more
• RESIGNATION IN, EXEMPLIFIED — Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Samuel 24:14; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 20:19; Nehemiah 9:33; Esther 4:16; Job 1:21; Job 1:22; Job 2:10, and 20 more
• Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu — Leviticus 10:1
• Against his house were foretold — 1 Samuel 3:15
• David, at the death of his child — 2 Samuel 12:23
• The Shunammite woman — 2 Kings 4:18
• Jesus, in Gethsemane — Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11
• Paul and Silas in prison — Acts 16:23

Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.