Bible Verses About Afflictions: God appoints

While he yet talked with them, beholde, the messenger came downe vnto him, and saide, Behold, this euill commeth of the Lord: should I attende on the Lord any longer?

For miserie commeth not foorth of the dust, neither doeth affliction spring out of the earth.

Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

Thou hast brought vs into the snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.

Or shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people be not afraide? or shall there be euil in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?

The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.