Bible Verses About Afflictions: Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God

and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;