Bible Encyclopedia: Bad Luck

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The Broken and Contrite Heart
... A dark night may come to any one of us, a night of darkness upon darkness, and sorrow
upon sorrow, and bad luck upon bad luck; till we know not what is going ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xvii the broken and.htm

The Council of Constance (Ad 1414-1418)
... It seemed like a token of bad luck when, as he was passing over a mountain on his
way to the council, his carriage was upset, and he lay for a while in the snow ...
/.../chapter xxiv the council of.htm

True Prudence
... free generosity a thousand things for which you never dream of asking him; and believe
that in all the chances and changes of this life, in bad luck as well as ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxx true prudence.htm

The Next Morning, Diamond's Mother Said to his Father...
... What with anxiety about him, and bad luck, I've wished I were rid of him a thousand
times. It was only to be for three months, and here it's eight or nine.". ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 33 the next morning.htm

Pardon and Peace
... with vain regrets about the past"'Ah, if I had done this and that!' and vain fears
for the future, conjuring up in his mind all sorts of bad luck which may ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxix pardon and peace.htm

Chapter xxxviii
... His unexpressed thought, "lest he die too like his brethren," shows his attitude.
He believed Tamar was a woman who brought bad luck. ...
/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxviii.htm

Against the Arians, and Concerning Himself.
... good friend, this is my misfortune, rather than my fault;"if indeed it be a misfortune;
and if it is against my will, I am to be pitied for my bad luck, if I ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxxiii against the arians.htm

Our Attitude Toward his Sovereignty
... Take the case of Job once more. When loss after loss came his way what did he do?
Bemoan his "bad luck"? Curse the robbers? Murmur against God? ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter ten our attitude toward.htm

part 2
... reason for it; of course there is. The world calls it "bad luck": they know
no better, but we ought to! "Enough and More Than Enough". ...
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Prayer.
... we die." Because they kept their faith in God, their lives were for the most part
lives of hardy and hopeful enterprise; cheerful always, in bad luck as in good ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon iv prayer.htm

Topical Bible Verses

Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Proverbs 10:3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
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Matthew 5:45
That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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