Verses for Adversity
Brings People Close to Our Father
Num 20:14 = Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the adversity that has befallen us:
Num 20:15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers;
Num 20:16 = and when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt; and here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
2Sa 4:9 = But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,
Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Psa 71:23 My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to thee; my soul also, which thou hast rescued.
103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Psa 31:7 = I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,
Psa 31:8 = and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a broad place.
Causes People to Listen to the Word of God
Job 36:15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
Psa 31:7 I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities, I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,
Isa 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.
Isa 30:21 = And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Isa 30:22 = Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them, "Begone!"
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
Provides an Opportunity to be Blessed by Our Father
Gen 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
1 Kings 1:29 And the king swore, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
Psa 103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Gen 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Psa 34.19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
:22 The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Our Father Inspires People to Give Mercy
1 Sam 35:34 For as surely as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male."
2 Kings 4:30 Then the mother of the child said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he arose and followed her.
Induces Repentance
Isa 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.
Isa 30:21 = And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Isa 30:22 = Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them, "Begone!"
Brings our People’s Strengths
Pro 24:10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Ecc 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
Unbelievers Abhor
Psa 10:6 He thinks in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."