King James Bible Dictionary

Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Psalms 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Corinthians 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 1 Peter 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord's people (Psalms 94:12; Proverbs 3:12). They are all directed by God (Lamentations 3:33), and will result in the everlasting good of his people (2 Corinthians 4:16-18) in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:35-39).

Miscellany of minor sub-topics:

God regulates the measure of afflictions
Psalms 80:5; Isaiah 9:1; Jeremiah 46:28

Determines the continuance of
Genesis 15:13-14; Numbers 14:33; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 29:10

Does not willingly send
Lamentations 3:33

Man is born to
Job 5:6-7; Job 14:1

Saints appointed to
1 Thessalonians 3:3

Consequent upon the fall
Genesis 3:16-19

Sin produces
Job 4:8; Job 20:11; Proverbs 1:31

Sinners corrected by
2 Samuel 12:14; Psalms 89:30-32; Isaiah 57:17; Acts 13:10-11

Often severe
Job 16:7-16; 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 1:11-12; Deuteronomy 8:15-16; Jeremiah 24:5-6; Ezekiel 20:37

Tempered with mercy
Psalms 78:38-39; Psalms 106:43-46; Isaiah 30:18-21; Lamentations 3:32; Micah 7:7-9; Nahum 1:12

Of Saints:

To be expected
John 16:33; Acts 14:22

Comparatively light
Acts 20:23-24; Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17

Temporary
Psalms 30:5; Psalms 103:9; Isaiah 54:7-8; 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 126:5-6; Isaiah 61:2-3; Matthew 5:4; 1 Peter 4:13-14

Often arise from the profession of the gospel
Matthew 24:9; John 15:21; 2 Timothy 3:11-12

Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God
Deuteronomy 8:5; Psalms 119:75; Proverbs 3:12; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:6-7; Revelation 3:19

Of the wicked:

God is glorified in
Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 38:22-23

God holds in derision
Psalms 37:13; Proverbs 1:26-27

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 64:7-9; Zephaniah 3:6-7; 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; Zech 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:6

Impenitence is a cause of
Proverbs 1:30-31; Ezekiel 24:13; Amos 4:6-12; Zech 7:11-12; Revelation 2:21-22

Sometimes humble them
1 Kings 21:27

Frequently harden
Nehemiah 9:28-29; 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 3:25-26

Exemplified:

In Pharaoh and the Egyptians
Exodus 9:14-15; Exodus 14:24-25

In Ahaziah
2 Kings 1:1-4

In Gehazi
2 Kings 5:27

In Jehoram
2 Chronicles 21:12-19

In Uzziah
2 Chronicles 26:19-21

In Ahaz
2 Chronicles 28:5-8; 2 Chronicles 28:22

Forsaken by friends in, instances of

General references
Job 2:9; Job 19:13-19

David
Psalms 31:11-12; Psalms 41:9; Psalms 88:8; Psalms 88:18

Jesus
Matthew 26:56

Paul
2 Timothy 4:16

National lessons from
2 Timothy 29:1

Unclassified scriptures relating to

General references
Genesis 3:16-17; Deuteronomy 8:5; 2 Samuel 7:14; Job 3:1-26; Job 5:6-7; Job 5:17-18; Job 6:1-30; Job 7:2-6; Job 9:18; Job 12:5; Job 14:1; Job 14:22; Job 16:6-14; Job 17:7-16; Job 19:7-20; Job 23:10; Job 30:15-19; Job 33:19-22; Job 36:8-12; Job 36:15; Psalms 6:6-7; Psalms 18:4-6; Psalms 31:9-13; Psalms 32:3-4; Psalms 39:1-4; Psalms 42:6-7; Psalms 55:4-8; Psalms 66:10-12; Psalms 69:1-3; Psalms 69:20; Psalms 73:10; Psalms 77:2-4; Psalms 80:5-6; Psalms 88:3-18; Psalms 89:32; Psalms 90:10; Psalms 102:3-11; Psalms 107:4-5; Psalms 107:10; Psalms 107:17-19; Psalms 109:22-24; Psalms 116:3; Psalms 141:7; Psalms 143:3-4; Proverbs 3:11-12; Proverbs 12:25; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 14:13; Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 15:15; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 18:14; Ecclesiastes 2:22-23; Ecclesiastes 7:2-4; Isaiah 1:6; Isaiah 24:1-16; Isaiah 26:16-17; Isaiah 48:10; Lamentations 1:7; Lamentations 1:12; Lamentations 3:1-36; Zech 13:9; Mark 9:49; John 15:2; John 16:33; 2 Corinthians 1:8-9; 2 Corinthians 4:7-12; 2 Corinthians 4:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:4-10; 2 Corinthians 11:23-30; Hebrews 12:6-7; Hebrews 12:9; 1 Peter 5:9; Revelation 3:19
Penitent; Persecution; Poor; Sorrow; Temptation

Benefits of
1 Kings 8:33; 1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 8:47-53; Deuteronomy 4:30-31; Deuteronomy 30:1-2; 2 Chronicles 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11; Job 5:17; Job 23:10; Psalms 94:12-13; Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5; Ecclesiastes 7:2-3; Isaiah 19:20; Isaiah 19:22; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 22:22-23; Jeremiah 31:19; Lamentations 3:27-28; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 20:43; Ezekiel 6:9; Hosea 2:6-7; Hosea 5:15; Romans 5:3-4; Romans 8:17; Romans 8:28; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Philippians 1:12-14; Philippians 1:19; James 1:2-4; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:14

Benefits of, illustrated

General references
Genesis 22:12; Genesis 22:16-18; Genesis 32:9-31; Genesis 42:21; Exodus 9:27-28; Exodus 10:7; Exodus 10:16-17; Exodus 12:31-33; Numbers 21:7; Judges 10:6-8; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 12:9-10; 1 Kings 13:1-10; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 33:12-13; Ezra 9:5-15; Nehemiah 9:4-38; Job 34:31-32; Job 40:1-5; Psalms 18:4-6; Psalms 66:10-12; Psalms 78:34-35; Psalms 119:67; Psalms 119:71; Isaiah 26:16; Jeremiah 31:18-19; Lamentations 3:19-20; Hosea 6:1; Jonah 2:1-10; Luke 15:11-24; Acts 8:24

Exemplified:

Joseph's brethren
Genesis 42:21

Joseph
Genesis 45:5; Genesis 45:7-8

Israel
Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 8:5

Josiah
2 Kings 22:19

Hezekiah
2 Chronicles 32:25-26

Manasseh
2 Chronicles 33:12

Jonah
Jonah 2:7

Prodigal son
Luke 15:21

Consolation in
Genesis 16:7-13; Genesis 21:12-21; Genesis 26:17-33; Genesis 31:42; Exodus 3:7-8; Exodus 3:16-17; Exodus 14:13-14; Deuteronomy 33:27; 2 Samuel 22:28; Job 5:6-27; Job 11:16-19; Job 16:5; Job 29:25; Job 31:19-22; Job 35:10; Psalms 9:9-10; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 27:5-6; Psalms 30:5; Psalms 31:7; Psalms 34:4; Psalms 34:19-20; Psalms 37:23-24; Psalms 37:32-33; Psalms 41:3; Psalms 42:5; Psalms 46:1; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 55:22; Psalms 56:8-10; Psalms 62:1-2; Psalms 62:5-8; Psalms 62:11-12; Psalms 68:6; Psalms 69:20; Psalms 69:33; Psalms 71:20; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 94:17-19; Psalms 103:13-14; Psalms 112:4; Psalms 119:50; Psalms 119:52; Psalms 119:54; Psalms 119:92; Psalms 119:143; Psalms 138:3; Psalms 138:7-8; Psalms 140:12; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 147:3; Proverbs 12:13; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 14:31-32; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 30:19-20; Isaiah 40:1-2; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 41:13-14; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 42:3; Isaiah 43:2; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 50:4; Isaiah 50:7-10; Isaiah 51:3-13; Isaiah 54:4; Isaiah 54:11; Isaiah 58:10; Isaiah 61:1-3; Isaiah 63:9; Isaiah 66:5; Isaiah 66:13-14; Jeremiah 31:13; Jeremiah 31:25; Jeremiah 39:17-18; Lamentations 3:31-33; Lamentations 3:57; Ezekiel 11:16; Hosea 2:14-15; Hosea 6:1-3; Nahum 1:7; Zephaniah 3:18; Matthew 5:4; Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:29-31; Luke 12:6-7; Luke 21:18; Matthew 11:28; Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50; Matthew 25:34-36; Matthew 25:40; Matthew 28:5; Matthew 28:9-10; Luke 6:21-23; Luke 7:13; John 14:1; John 14:16; John 14:18; John 14:27; John 15:18; John 15:20; John 16:20; John 16:22; John 16:33; Acts 12:5; Acts 23:11; Romans 8:28; Romans 8:35-39; Romans 12:12; Romans 15:4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-5; 2 Corinthians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 4:8-10; 2 Corinthians 4:16-17; 2 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Galatians 6:2; Philippians 1:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 2 Timothy 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:15-16; Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 12:1-4; Hebrews 13:3; Hebrews 13:5-6; James 1:12; James 1:27; James 5:8; James 5:10; 1 Peter 2:21-24; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 Peter 5:9; Revelation 2:9-10; Revelation 3:2; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 7:14-17

Deliverance from
Prayer, Answered

Design of

General references
Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 30:1-3; Deuteronomy 31:17; Judges 2:21-22; 1 Kings 8:33-48; 2 Chronicles 6:24-31; 2 Chronicles 7:13-14; Job 33:11; Job 33:16-30; Job 36:8-10; Psalms 66:10; Psalms 106:43-44; Psalms 107:10-14; Psalms 107:17-21; Psalms 107:23-31; Psalms 119:71; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Isaiah 1:25-27; Isaiah 4:3-4; Isaiah 9:13-14; Isaiah 52:5-6; Jeremiah 24:5; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 6:10; Ezekiel 14:10-11; Daniel 4:25-27; Daniel 4:34; Hosea 5:15; Amos 4:6; Micah 6:9; Malachi 3:3; John 9:2-3; John 11:4; John 15:2; John 21:19; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 1:4-6; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Philippians 1:29-30; 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5; Hebrews 2:10-18; Hebrews 5:8-9; Hebrews 12:5-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 5:10; Revelation 2:10
Afflictions and Adversities, Benefits of

Despondency in
Job 4:5; Job 9:16-35; Psalms 22:1-2; Proverbs 24:10; Lamentations 3:39; Mark 15:34; Matthew 27:46; Luke 18:1

Dispensation of God
Exodus 4:11; Deuteronomy 4:5-31; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Deuteronomy 32:39; Ruth 1:20-21; 1 Samuel 2:6-7; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 7:12-22; Job 1:21; Job 5:6; Job 5:17-18; Job 6:4; Job 9:12; Job 9:22; Job 10:8; Job 11:10; Job 12:14-25; Job 19:6; Job 19:21; Job 21:17; Job 23:16; Job 27:2; Job 30:11; Job 34:29; Psalms 38:3; Psalms 66:11; Psalms 71:20; Psalms 78:31-34; Psalms 88:6-7; Psalms 88:16; Psalms 89:38-45; Psalms 90:7; Psalms 90:15; Psalms 102:10; Psalms 102:23; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 1:5; Lamentations 3:1; Daniel 4:24-26; Amos 3:6; Jonah 2:3; Micah 1:12; Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10; Revelation 3:19

From Satan

General references
Revelation 18:1; 2 Corinthians 12:7
Temptation

Impenitence in
Afflictions and Adversities, Obduracy in

Mocking at
Job 12:5; Proverbs 17:5

Murmuring in
Murmuring

Obduracy in

General references
Leviticus 26:23-24; Leviticus 26:27-28; Job 36:12-13; Psalms 78:31-32; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 22:12-13; Isaiah 26:11; Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 2:35; Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 7:28; Daniel 9:13; Hosea 7:9-10; Hosea 7:14; Hosea 9:17; Amos 4:6-11; Zephaniah 3:2; Zephaniah 3:7; Haggai 2:17; Revelation 9:20-21; Revelation 16:9-11; Revelation 16:21
Judgment; Impenitence

Instances of:

Pharaoh
Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:30-34; Exodus 14:5-9

Asa
2 Chronicles 16:12

Ahaz
2 Chronicles 28:22-23

Penitence in, instances of:

Pharaoh
Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:27-30; Exodus 12:30-31; Exodus 14:5-9

David
2 Samuel 12:15-16; 2 Samuel 12:23

Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4:28-37

Levites
Nehemiah 9:33