Dictionary of Bible Themes Suffering gives rise to inner distress, on account of a sense of injustice, frustration, loss or anger. Christ himself provides an example of such suffering to believers. Psalms 119:53Causes of emotional suffering See also A sense of injustice Job 19:7Psalms 82:2 Job 19:8 See also Frustration Job 23:8-91 Thessalonians 2:18 Genesis 27:34 See also Loss Ruth 1:20-21Proverbs 5:11-14 Lamentations 1:12 2 Samuel 18:33 See also Bereavement Genesis 23:1-2; 37:34-35; 50:1-3Exodus 12:30 Deuteronomy 34:8 2 Samuel 19:4 Matthew 2:16-18 Jeremiah 31:15 John 11:32-35 Genesis 30:1 See also Childlessness 1 Samuel 1:4-8Acts 20:38 See also Parting from loved ones 1 Samuel 20:412 Kings 2:12 Songs 5:6-8 Luke 13:28 See also Spiritual loss Judges 2:4Matthew 25:11 Genesis 45:3 See also Great fear Genesis 20:8; 32:7-8Exodus 20:18-19 1 Samuel 17:24 1 Kings 19:3-4 Isaiah 21:2-4 Daniel 5:8-9 Luke 21:26 Matthew 27:3-4 See also Guilt Genesis 3:8John 16:8 Acts 2:37 Hebrews 10:2,22 Isaiah 53:3 Emotional suffering in the Lord's work See also Jesus Christ's suffering Matthew 26:382 Corinthians 11:28-29 pp Mk 14:34 See also The apostles' suffering Romans 9:1-41 Corinthians 15:31 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 Galatians 4:19 Nehemiah 2:1-3 Expressions of emotional suffering Psalms 107:39; 116:3Sadness Matthew 26:22Jeremiah 9:1 pp Mk 14:19 Weeping and groaning Genesis 42:24; 43:30; 45:1-22 Samuel 15:30 Joseph wept as he saw his brothers again: Ezra 3:12-13Nehemiah 1:4 Covering the head and going barefoot were also signs of sorrow Psalms 6:6-7; 32:3-4; 137:1Isaiah 15:5 Jeremiah 14:17 Matthew 26:75 John 11:35 Peter wept bitterly after disowning Jesus Christ Jonah 4:1See also Anger Exodus 32:19-202 Samuel 6:8 Revelation 16:10-11 Exodus 17:3 1 Samuel 30:6 Bitterness Job 3:1; 7:11Jonah 4:3 Romans 3:14 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 God's response to the emotional suffering of believers He comforts them Isaiah 53:4He has delivered them through Jesus Christ John 14:1See also Jesus Christ gives them rest Matthew 11:28-30John 14:27 Revelation 21:4 See also There is no suffering in heaven Isaiah 35:10Revelation 7:17 Psalms 73:16-17; 119:78 The proper response of believers to emotional suffering Romans 8:28Assessing the problem before God Judges 20:23Psalms 22:1-2; 62:8; 74:1 Controlled emotion before God Hebrews 5:7See also Prayer Genesis 18:22-25; 32:9-11Numbers 16:22 2 Samuel 12:15-17 Psalms 38:9; 77:1-9 Jonah 2:1 Mark 5:22-23 James 5:13 Job 1:20-22 Ephesians 4:1 Continuing to do what is right Philippians 1:27See also 5056 rest5198 weeping 5795 bereavement 5799 bitterness 5831 depression 5879 humiliation 5945 self-pity 6172 guilt 8602 prayer 8754 fear |
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