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

¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

¶ The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.