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Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

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  1. Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

  2. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  3. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

  4. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

  5. Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

  6. ¶ Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

  7. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

  8. Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

  9. And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

  10. And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

  11. Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

  12. He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  13. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

  14. Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  15. With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

  16. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

  17. He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

  18. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

  19. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

  20. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

  21. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  22. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

  23. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  24. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

  25. But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.