255 verses contain “afflict” (in the KJV: 207, in the BSB: 127) — showing 101–200
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.