Bible Dictionary: Adversities

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Adversity.

Strong's Hebrew

7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury
... Word Origin from the same as roa Definition evil, misery, distress, injury NASB
Word Usage adversities (1), adversity (7), afflictions (1), calamities (1 ...
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Library

Of the Royal Way of the Holy Cross
... and to bring it into subjection, to fly from honours, to bear reproaches meekly,
to despise self and desire to be despised, to bear all adversities and losses ...
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Of Holy Patience
... tribulations patiently for the love of God, so great, and no greater, is he before
God; and the weaker a man is to endure sufferings and adversities for the ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter v of holy patience.htm

You, Therefore, are the Sources of Trouble in Human Affairs...
... You, therefore, are the sources of trouble in human affairs; on you lies the blame
of public adversities, since you are ever attracting them"you by whom God ...
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How Moses when He had Brought the People Out of Egypt Led
... the people by his speeches; accordingly he began to mitigate their anger, and exhorted
them not to be over-mindful of their present adversities, lest they ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how moses when.htm

Of the Inward Growth of Patience, and of the Struggle against Evil ...
... For I will not that thou seek such a peace as is without trials, and knoweth no
adversities; but rather that thou shouldest judge thyself to have found peace ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xii of the inward.htm

The Twelfth Chapter: Acquiring Patience in the Fight against ...
... Concupiscence. The Disciple PATIENCE, O Lord God, is very necessary for me,
I see, because there are many adversities in this life. No ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the twelfth chapter acquiring patience.htm

The Unrivalled Friend
... That friend is Jesus, the friend of sinners, the friend of man, the brother of our
souls, born into this world that he might succor us in our adversities. ...
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Now Saul Upon God's not Answering Him Concerning the Fight with ...
... as also of encouraging them to undergo dangers, and to die for their countries,
and of instructing them how to despise all the most terrible adversities: and I ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 now saul upon.htm

part 2
... money that God gave them. They robbed GOD! No wonder they have suffered
adversities and misfortunes. No wonder! Some of us need ...
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Uniformity in all Things.
... We call adversities evil; actually they are good and meritorious, when we receive
them as coming from God's hands: "Shall there be evil in a city which the ...
/.../de liguori/uniformity with gods will/2 uniformity in all things.htm

Thesaurus

Adversities (5 Occurrences)
... (n.) Plural of Adversity. Multi-Version Concordance Adversities (5 Occurrences). ...
You have known my soul in adversities. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Calamity (108 Occurrences)
... adversity," once only, Psalm 141:5, the Revised Version (British and American)
"wickedness"): Purely an Old Testament term, signifying adversities-natural, but ...
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Adverse (6 Occurrences)

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Adversity (54 Occurrences)

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Virgins (33 Occurrences)
... By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God 'is' to us a refuge and
strength, A help in adversities found most surely. (YLT). ...
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Tribulations (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out
of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay ...
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Cognizance (5 Occurrences)
... (See JPS). Psalms 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou
hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities; (See JPS). ...
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Proverb (24 Occurrences)
... That this should be the nation's fate was held as a threat over them by lawgiver
and prophet (Deuteronomy 28:37 1 Kings 9:7); and in adversities of experience ...
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Anguish (75 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you
have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities. (See NIV). ...
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Overseer (84 Occurrences)
... By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God 'is' to us a refuge and
strength, A help in adversities found most surely. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Adversities (5 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Job 42:11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
(See NAS)

Psalms 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 34:19 Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:
(DBY)

Proverbs 21:23 Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Adversities

Related Terms

Calamity (108 Occurrences)

Adverse (6 Occurrences)

Adversity (54 Occurrences)

Virgins (33 Occurrences)

Tribulations (11 Occurrences)

Cognizance (5 Occurrences)

Proverb (24 Occurrences)