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Adversity 2 Corinthians 4:8, 9

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

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Adversity 1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

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Adversity Proverbs 24:10

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

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Adversity Philippians 4:12, 13

I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need. / I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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Adversity 2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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Adversity James 1:2–4

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

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Adversity Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Adversity Proverbs 3:4–6

Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. / Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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Adversity Romans 8:28

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

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Adversity 1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Bread: (Of Adversity) Heavy Affliction Isaiah 30:20

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

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Day: A Time of Judgment Called a Day of Adversity Proverbs 24:10

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Isaiah 2:12

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Isaiah 13:6, 9

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Isaiah 34:8

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Jeremiah 46:10

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Lamentations 2:22

You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Amos 5:18

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Joel 2:1

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Obadiah 1:15

For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Zephaniah 1:8, 18

“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. / Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Zephaniah 2:2, 3

before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you. / Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

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Day: Times of Adversity Called Day of the Lord Zechariah 14:1

Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.

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Faith: Trial of Job, by Affliction and Adversity Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

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Faith: Trial of Job, by Affliction and Adversity Job 2:1

On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

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Nation: National Adversity, Prayer In Judges 21:2–4

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. / “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!” / The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

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Nation: National Adversity, Prayer In 2 Chronicles 7:13, 14

If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, / and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

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Nation: National Adversity, Prayer In Psalm 74:1

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

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Nation: National Adversity, Prayer In Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

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Prayer: Answered: David, in Adversity Psalm 118:5

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

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Prayer: Answered: David, in Adversity Psalm 138:3

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Ezekiel 5:1

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Ezekiel 6:1

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Ezekiel 7:1

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Ezekiel 16:1

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Ezekiel 23:22–44

Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side— / the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses. / They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.

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Self-Delusion: Exhibited in Thinking that we are Above Adversity Psalm 10:6

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

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The Providence of God: To be Acknowledged in Adversity 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.”

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The Providence of God: To be Acknowledged in Adversity Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

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Waiting Upon God: should be Specially in Adversity Psalm 59:1–9

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. / Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. / See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

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Waiting Upon God: should be Specially in Adversity Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

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Waiting: Especially in Adversity Psalm 59:1–9

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. / Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. / See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

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Waiting: Especially in Adversity Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

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