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Afflicted Saints: 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.

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Afflicted Saints: should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements 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.

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Afflicted Saints: should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements 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? / Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. / No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

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Afflicted Saints: should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements Lamentations 3:39

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

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Afflicted Saints: should Acknowledge the Justice of Their Chastisements 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.

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