Bible Verses About Afflictions Made Beneficial: In teaching us the will of God

It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.