Afflicted Saints
73 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
31 sections
- Christ Comforts
- Christ Delivers
- Christ is With
- Christ Preserves
- Christ Supports
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Apostles
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: David
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Eli
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Job
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Joseph
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Moses
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Nehemiah
- Examples of Afflicted Saints: Paul
- God Comforts
- God Delivers
- God is a Refuge and Strength To
- God is With
- God Preserves
- should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements
- should Avoid Sin
- should be Frequent in Prayer
- should be Patient
- should be Resigned
- should Imitate Christ
- should Imitate the Prophets
- should Keep the Pious Resolutions Made During Afflictions
- should not Despise Chastening
- should Praise God
- should Take Encouragement from Former Mercies
- should Trust in the Goodness of God
- should Turn and Devote Themselves to God
Christ Comforts
- Isaiah 61:2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- Matthew 11:28–30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. …
- Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”
- John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
- John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
Christ Delivers
- Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Christ is With
- John 14:18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Christ Preserves
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Luke 21:18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
Christ Supports
- 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Hebrews 2:18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Apostles
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
- 2 Corinthians 6:4–10 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; …
Examples of Afflicted Saints: David
- 2 Samuel 12:15–23 After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. …
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Eli
- 1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Job
- Job 1:20–22 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, …
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Joseph
- Genesis 39:20–23 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison, …
- Psalm 105:17–19 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. …
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Moses
- Hebrews 11:25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Examples of Afflicted Saints: Paul
- Acts 20:22–24 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. …
- Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
God Comforts
- Isaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Jeremiah 31:13 Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4–5 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. …
- 2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
God Delivers
- Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
- Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Jeremiah 39:17–18 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear. …
God is a Refuge and Strength To
- Psalm 27:5–6 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock. …
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
God is With
- Psalm 46:5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Psalm 46:7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
God Preserves
- Psalm 34:20 He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements
- Nehemiah 9:33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
- Job 2:10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Isaiah 64:5–7 You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? …
- Lamentations 3:39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
- Micah 7:9 Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
should Avoid Sin
- Job 34:31–32 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. …
- John 5:14 Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
should be Frequent in Prayer
- Psalm 50:15–17 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” …
should be Patient
- Luke 21:19 By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
- Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4 That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
- James 1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- 1 Peter 2:20 How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
should be Resigned
- 1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- 2 Kings 20:19 But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
- Job 1:21 saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
- Psalm 39:9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
should Imitate Christ
- Hebrews 12:1–3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. …
- 1 Peter 2:21–23 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: …
should Imitate the Prophets
- James 5:10 Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
should Keep the Pious Resolutions Made During Afflictions
- Psalm 66:13–15 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You — …
should not Despise Chastening
- Job 5:17 Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Hebrews 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
should Praise God
- Psalm 13:5–6 But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. …
- Psalm 56:8–10 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle — are they not in Your book? …
- Psalm 57:6–7 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah …
- Psalm 71:20–23 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. …
should Take Encouragement from Former Mercies
- Psalm 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
should Trust in the Goodness of God
- Job 13:15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Psalm 71:20 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
should Turn and Devote Themselves to God
- Psalm 116:7–9 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. …
- Jeremiah 50:3–4 For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.” …
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.