Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

He proclaimed his covenant to you, which he ordered you to obey, the Ten Words; and he wrote them on two stone tablets.

At that time ADONAI ordered me to teach you laws and rulings, so that you would live by them in the land you are entering in order to take possession of it.

"Therefore, watch out for yourselves! Since you did not see a shape of any kind on the day ADONAI spoke to you in Horev from the fire,

do not become corrupt and make yourselves a carved image having the shape of any figure - not a representation of a human being, male or female,

or a representation of any animal on earth, or a representation of any bird that flies in the air,

or a representation of anything that creeps along on the ground, or a representation of any fish in the water below the shoreline.

For the same reason, do not look up at the sky, at the sun, moon, stars and everything in the sky, and be drawn away to worship and serve them; ADONAI your God has allotted these to all the peoples under the entire sky.

No, you ADONAI has taken and brought out of the smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of inheritance for him, as you are today.

"But ADONAI was angry with me on account of you and swore that I would not cross the Yarden and go into that good land, which ADONAI your God is giving you to inherit.

Rather, I must die in this land and not cross the Yarden; but you are to cross and take possession of that good land.

Watch out for yourselves, so that you won't forget the covenant of ADONAI your God, which he made with you, and make yourself a carved image, a representation of anything forbidden to you by ADONAI your God.

For ADONAI your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

"When you have had children and grandchildren, lived a long time in the land, become corrupt and made a carved image, a representation of something, and thus done what is evil in the sight of ADONAI your God and provoked him;

I call on the sky and the earth to witness against you today that you will quickly disappear from the land that you are crossing the Yarden to possess. You will not prolong your days there but will be completely destroyed.

ADONAI will scatter you among the peoples; and among the nations to which ADONAI will lead you away, you will be left few in number.

There you will serve gods which are the product of human hands, made of wood and stone, which can't see, hear, eat or smell.

However, from there you will seek ADONAI your God; and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and being.

In your distress, when all these things have come upon you, in the acharit-hayamim, you will return to ADONAI your God and listen to what he says;

for ADONAI your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your ancestors which he swore to them.

"But if you refuse to pay attention to what ADONAI your God says, and do not observe and obey all his mitzvot and regulations which I am giving you today, then all the following curses will be yours in abundance:

"A curse on you in the city, and a curse on you in the countryside.

"A curse on your grain-basket and kneading-bowl.

"A curse on the fruit of your body, the fruit of your land and the young of your cattle and flocks.

"A curse on you when you come in, and a curse on you when you go out.

"ADONAI will send on you curses, disasters and frustration in everything you set out to do, until you are destroyed and quickly perish, because of your evil actions in abandoning me.