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Deuteronomy 8:3,16
And he humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
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2 Chronicles 7:13,14
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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Lamentations 3:19,20
Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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2 Corinthians 12:7
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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The Christian view of Sorrow
... it clearly recognizes its great and beneficial mission. ... we journey on in life there
are made in our ... is true that blessings, equally with afflictions, come from ...
/.../chapin/the crown of thorns/the christian view of sorrow.htm

The General Service to a Nun.
... the Theotokion: Held down by afflictions we entreat thee ... device for rest, having
by fasting made thy spirit ... guided the souls unto the beneficial exertions in ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxii the general service.htm

The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly
... we see afflictions are not prejudicial, but beneficial, to the ... is a good use that
may be made of the ... Paul's afflictions (pardon the expression) were but a play ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the worst things work for.htm

Second Sunday after Easter
... to manifest the fruit of patience under crosses and afflictions. ... by love and a faithful
heart are beneficial. ... So, when Peter made this little statement about ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/second sunday after easter.htm

The General Conference of 1828
... gospel, of administering its ordinances, and of maintaining its moral discipline
among those over whom the Holy Ghost, in these respects, has made us overseers ...
/.../chapter 9 the general conference.htm

Israel's Hope Encouraged;
... The cause from whence these afflictions arise is known to be ... So then, that we might
in the next world be heirs of the highest good, God has made us heirs of his ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/israels hope encouraged.htm

Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
... pass through the new birth, and be prepared by the Holy Spirit to fit us for the
spiritual building composed of living stones; and if not made meet for that ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/solomons temple spiritualized.htm

part i
... It is thou that savest us! "Thy faith hath made thee whole." [38] And after lively
faith in God's truth we always go from God in peace; whilst, on the contrary ...
//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/my life in christ/part i.htm