Suffering:
suf'-er-ing: A great variety of Hebrew and Greek expressions, too large to be here enumerated, have been translated by "suffering" and other forms derived from the same verb. The most obvious meanings of the word are the following:
(1) The commonest meaning perhaps in the English Versions of the Bible is "to permit," "to allow," "to give leave to": "Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away" (Mr 10:4).
(2) "To experience," "to go through,"‘ "to endure": "I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him" (Mt 27:19). A woman "had suffered many things of many physicians" (Mr 5:26). Other common phrases are "to suffer affliction" (1Th 3:4; Heb 11:25, the Revised Version (British and American) "share ill-treatment"), "to suffer hardship" (2Ti 2:9), "to suffer adversity" (Heb 13:3 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "to be ill-treated"), "to suffer dishonor" (the King James Version "shame," Ac 5:41), "to suffer violence," (Mt 11:12), "to suffer wrong" (Ac 7:24), "to suffer terror" (Ps 88:15), "to suffer shipwreck" (2Co 11:25), "to suffer hunger" (Ps 34:10; Pr 19:15), "to suffer thirst" (Job 24:11).
(3) "To put up with," "to tolerate": the King James Version, "For ye suffer fools gladly (the Revised Version (British and American) "ye bear with the foolish gladly"), seeing ye yourselves are wise" (2Co 11:1,9).
(4) "To undergo punishment": "Think ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things?" (Lu 13:2).
(5) "To sustain loss": "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss" (1Co 3:15; also Php 3:8). (6) "To suffer death." Here the clearest references are to the suffering or passion of Christ, which indeed includes the enduring of untold hardships and affliction, all of which culminate in His vicarious death for man (Mt 16:21; Mr 8:31; 9:12; Lu 9:22; 17:25; 22:15; 24:26,46; Ac 3:18; 17:3; 26:23; 1Pe 3:18).
Suffering belongs to the discipline of all Christ's followers (Ro 8:17; 2Co 1:7; Ga 3:4; Php 3:10; 1Th 2:2; 2Th 1:5; 2Ti 2:12; 3:12; Jas 5:10; 1Pe 2:20 f; 3:14,17; 4:1,13,16; 5:10). Such suffering is called a suffering for God's or Christ's sake (Jer 15:15; Ac 9:16; Php 1:29; 2Ti 1:12). This fellowship in suffering unites us with the saints of God in all times (Jas 5:10), and is indeed a fellowship with the Lord Himself (Php 3:10), who uses this discipline to mold us more and more according to His character.
Written by H. L. E. Luering
Suffering: For Christ:
Act 9:16; Rom 8:17-23, 26; 1Cr 4:12, 13; 2Cr 1:7; 4:11-18; Phl 1:29; 2:27-30; 3:10; Col 1:24; 2Th 1:4, 5; 2Ti 2:12; Jam 5:10; 1Pe 4:13, 14; 5:10
See AFFLICTION; PERSECUTION
Suffering: Of Christ:
Luk 24:26, 46, 47; Jhn 6:51; 10:11, 15; 11:50, 52; Rom 4:25; 5:6-8; 14:15; 1Cr 1:17, 18, 23, 24; 8:11; 15:3; 2Cr 5:14, 15; Gal 1:4; 2:20, 21; Eph 5:2, 25; 1Th 5:9, 10; Hbr 2:9, 10, 14, 18; 5:8, 9; 9:15, 16, 28; 10:10, 18-20; 1Pe 2:21, 24; 3:18; 4:1; 1Jo 3:16
See ATONEMENT; JESUS, DEATH OF; JESUS, DESIGN OF HIS DEATH; JESUS, SUFFERINGS OF
Suffering: Vicarious:
Exd 9:13-16; Jhn 15:13; Rom 9:3; 1Pe 2:21; 1Jo 3:16
See above, OF CHRIST
Suffering: Instance Of:
Goliath for the Philistines,
1Sa 17.
Suffering:
Luk 24:46-47Jhn 6:51; Jhn 10:11; Jhn 11:50-52Act 9:16Rom 4:25; Rom 5:6-8; Rom 8:17-23; Rom 8:26; Rom 14:151Cr 1:17-18; 1Cr 1:23-24; 1Cr 4:12; 1Cr 8:11; 1Cr 15:32Cr 1:7; 2Cr 4:11-18; 2Cr 5:14-15Gal 1:4; Gal 2:20-21Eph 5:2; Eph 5:25Phl 1:29; Phl 2:27-30; Phl 3:10Col 1:241Th 5:9-102Th 1:4-52Ti 2:12Hbr 2:9-10; Hbr 2:14; Hbr 2:18; Hbr 5:8-9; Hbr 9:15-16; Hbr 9:28; Hbr 10:10; Hbr 10:18-20Jam 5:101Pe 2:21; 1Pe 2:24; 1Pe 3:18; 1Pe 4:1; 1Pe 4:13-14; 1Pe 5:101Jo 3:16Suffering:
is rendered "sufferings" in the RV (AV, "afflictions") in 2Ti 3:11; Hbr 10:32; 1Pe 5:9; in Gal 5:24, "passions," (AV, "affection").
See AFFLICTION, B, No. 3.
Note: For kakopatheia, Jam 5:10, RV, "suffering," see AFFLICTION, B, No. 1.
Afflictions and Adversities: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics
God regulates the measure of afflictions,
Psa 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28;
determines the continuance of,
Gen 15:13, 14; Num 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10;
does not willingly send,
Lam 3:33.
Man is born to,
Job 5:6, 7; 14:1.
Saints appointed to,
1Th 3:3.
Consequent upon the fall,
Gen 3:16-19.
Sin produces,
Job 4:8; 20:11; Pro 1:31.
Sinners corrected by,
2Sa 12:14; Psa 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Act 13:10, 11.
Often severe,
Job 16:7-16; Psa 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Rev 7:14.
Always less than deserved,
Ezr 9:13; Psa 103:10.
Results of, good,
Gen 50:20; Exd 1:11, 12; Deu 8:15, 16; Jer 24:5, 6; Eze 20:37.
Tempered with mercy,
Psa 78:38, 39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; Lam 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Nah 1:12.
Afflictions and Adversities: Of Saints
To be expected,
Jhn 16:33; Act 14:22.
Comparatively light,
Act 20:23; 24; Rom 8:18; 2Cr 4:17.
Temporary,
Psa 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7, 8; Jhn 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10;
joy under,
Job 5:17; Jam 5:11;
end in joy and blessedness,
Psa 126:5, 6; Isa 61:2, 3; Mat 5:4; 1Pe 4:13, 14;
often arise from the profession of the gospel,
Mat 24:9; Jhn 15:21; 2Ti 3:11, 12.
Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God,
Deu 8:5; Psa 119:75; Pro 3:12; 1Cr 11:32; Hbr 12:6, 7; Rev 3:19.
Afflictions and Adversities: Of the Wicked
God is glorified in,
Exd 14:4; Eze 38:22, 23.
God holds in derision,
Psa 37:13; Pro 1:26, 27.
Are multiplied,
Deu 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Psa 32:10;
continual,
Job 15:20; Ecc 2:23; Isa 32:10;
often sudden,
Psa 73:19; Pro 6:15; Isa 30:13; Rev 18:10.
Are often judicially sent,
Job 21:17; Psa 107:17; Jer 30:15.
Are for examples to others,
Psa 64:7-9; Zep 3:6, 7; 1Cr 10:5, 11; 2Pe 2:6.
Are ineffectual for their conversion,
Exd 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17.
Their persecution of saints, a cause of,
Deu 30:7; Psa 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6.
Impenitence is a cause of,
Pro 1:30, 31; Eze 24:13; Amo 4:6-12; Zec 7:11, 12; Rev 2:21; 22.
Sometimes humble them,
1Ki 21:27.
Frequently harden,
Neh 9:28, 29; Jer 5:3.
Produce slavish fear,
Job 15:24; Psa 73:19; Jer 49:3, 5.
Saints should not be alarmed at,
Pro 3:25, 26.
Afflictions and Adversities: Exemplified
In Pharaoh and the Egyptians,
Exd 9:14, 15; 14:24, 25;
Ahaziah,
2Ki 1:1-4;
Gehazi,
2Ki 5:27;
Jehoram,
2Ch 21:12-19;
Uzziah,
2Ch 26:19-21;
Ahaz, etc.,
2Ch 28:5-8, 22.
Afflictions and Adversities: Forsaken by Friends In
Instances of:
Job 2:9; 19:13-19
David,
Psa 31:11, 12; 41:9; 88:8, 18
Jesus,
Mat 26:56
Paul,
2Ti 4:16.
National lessons from,
Joe 1; 2.
Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Gen 3:16, 17; Deu 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Job 3:1-26; 5:6, 7, 17, 18; 6:1-30; 7:2-6; 9:18; 12:5; 14:1, 22; 16:6-14; 17:7-16; 19:7-20; 23:10; 30:15-19; 33:19-22; 36:8-12, 15; Psa 6:6, 7; 18:4-6; 31:9-13; 32:3, 4; 39:1-4; 42:6, 7; 55:4-8; 66:10-12; 69:1-3, 20; 73:10; 77:2-4; 80:5, 6; 88:3-18; 89:32; 90:10; 102:3-11; 107:4, 5, 10, 17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3, 4; Pro 3:11, 12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10, 13; 15:13, 15; 17:3, 22; 18:14; Ecc 2:22, 23; 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16, 17; 48:10; Lam 1:7, 12; 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mar 9:49; Jhn 15:2; 16:33; 2Cr 1:8, 9; 4:7-12, 16, 17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Hbr 12:6, 7, 9; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 3:19
See PENITENTS; PERSECUTION; POOR; SORROW; TEMPTATION.
Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits Of
1Ki 8:33, 35, 47-53; Deu 4:30, 31; 30:1, 2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11, 17; 23:10; Psa 94:12, 13; Pro 3:11, 12; Hbr 12:5; Ecc 7:2, 3; Isa 19:20, 22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer 2:27; 22:22, 23; 31:19; Lam 3:27, 28; Eze 20:37, 43; 6:9; Hsa 2:6, 7; 5:15; Rom 5:3, 4; 8:17, 28; 2Cr 4:17; Phl 1:12-14, 19; Hbr 12:5; Jam 1:2-4, 12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:14
Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits Of, Illustrated
Gen 22:12, 16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Exd 9:27, 28; 10:7, 16, 17; 12:31-33; Num 21:7; Jdg 10:6-8, 10; 1Sa 12:9, 10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 33:12, 13; Ezr 9:5-15; Neh 9:32; Job 34:31, 32; 40:1-5; Psa 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34, 35; 119:67, 71; Isa 26:16; Jer 31:18, 19; Lam 3:19, 20; Hsa 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Luk 15:11-24; Act 8:24
Afflictions and Adversities: Exemplified
Joseph's brethren,
Gen 42:21.
Joseph,
Gen 45:5, 7, 8.
Israel,
Deu 8:3, 5.
Josiah,
2Ki 22:19.
Hezekiah,
2Ch 32:25, 26.
Manasseh,
2Ch 33:12.
Jonah,
Jon 2:7.
Prodigal son,
Luk 15:21.
Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In
Gen 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17, 33; 31:42; Exd 3:7, 8, 16, 17; 14:13, 14; Deu 33:27; 2Sa 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Psa 9:9, 10; 23:4; 27:5, 6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4, 19, 20; 37:23, 24, 32, 33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 56:8-10; 62:1, 2, 5-8, 11, 12; 68:6; 69:20, 33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13, 14; 112:4; 119:50, 52, 54, 92, 143; 138:3, 7, 8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Pro 12:13; Ecc 4:1; Isa 4:6; 14:31, 32; 25:4; 30:19, 20; 40:1, 2, 29; 41:10, 13, 14, 17; 42:3; 43:2; 49:13; 50:4, 7-10; 51:3-13; 54:4, 11; 58:10; 61:1-3; 63:9; 66:5, 13, 14; Jer 31:13, 25; 39:17, 18; Lam 3:31-33, 57; Eze 11:16; Hsa 2:14, 15; 6:1-3; Nah 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mat 5:4, 10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36, 40; 28:5, 9, 10; Mar 6:50; Luk 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6, 7; 21:18; Jhn 14:1, 16, 18, 27; 15:18, 20; 16:20, 22, 33; Act 12:5; 23:11; Rom 8:28, 35-39; 12:12, 15; 15:4; 2Cr 1:3-5, 7; 4:8-10, 16, 17; 7:6; 12:9; Gal 6:2; Phl 1:19; 1Th 4:13, 16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2:16, 17; 2Ti 2:12; 4:17; Hbr 2:14, 15, 18; 4:15, 16; 6:18; 12:1-4; 13:3, 5, 6; Jam 1:12, 27; 5:8, 10; 1Pe 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Rev 2:9, 10; 3:2, 10; 7:14-17
Afflictions and Adversities: Deliverance From
See PRAYER ANSWERED
Afflictions and Adversities: Design Of
Deu 8:2, 16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Jdg 2:21, 22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 6:24-31; 7:13, 14; Job 33:11, 16-30; 36:8-10; Psa 66:10; 106:43, 44; 107:10-14, 17-21, 23-31; 119:71; Ecc 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; 4:3, 4; 9:13, 14; 52:5, 6; Jer 24:5; Lam 1:5; Eze 6:10; 14:10, 11; Dan 4:25-27, 34; Hsa 5:15; Amo 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Jhn 9:2, 3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1Cr 11:32; 2Cr 1:4-6; 4:11, 17; 12:7; Phl 1:29, 30; 2Th 1:4, 5; Hbr 2:10-18; 5:8, 9; 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6, 7; 5:10; Rev 2:10
See BENEFITS OF, above
Afflictions and Adversities: Despondency In
Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Psa 22:1, 2; Pro 24:10; Lam 3:39; Mat 27:46; Mar 15:34; Luk 18:1
Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God
Exd 4:11; Deu 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Rth 1:20, 21; 1Sa 2:6, 7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 15:5; 2Ch 7:12-22; Job 1:21; 5:6, 17, 18; 6:4; 9:12, 22; 10:8; 11:10; 12:14-25; 19:6, 21; 21:17; 23:16; 27:2; 30:11; 34:29; Psa 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6, 7, 16; 89:38-45; 90:7, 15; 102:10, 23; Isa 30:20; 45:7; Jer 45:3; Lam 1:5; 3:1; Dan 4:24-26; Amo 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Rom 8:20; 1Cr 11:32; Hbr 12:10; Rev 3:19
Afflictions and Adversities: From Satan
Job 1; 2; 2Cr 12:7
See TEMPTATION
Afflictions and Adversities: Impentinence In
See OBDURACY IN, below.
Afflictions and Adversities: Mocking At
Job 12:5; Pro 17:5
Afflictions and Adversities: Murmuring In
See MURMURING
Afflictions and Adversities: Obduracy In
Lev 26:23, 24, 27, 28; Job 36:12, 13; Psa 78:31, 32; Isa 8:21; 9:13; 22:12, 13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jer 2:30, 35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Dan 9:13; Hsa 7:9, 10, 14; 9:17; Amo 4:6-11; Zep 3:2, 7; Hag 2:17; Rev 9:20, 21; 16:9-11, 21
As a Judgment. See JUDGMENT.
See IMPENITENCE.
Afflictions and Adversities: Instances Of
Pharaoh,
Exd 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9.
Asa,
2Ch 16:12.
Ahaz,
2Ch 28:22, 23.
Afflictions and Adversities: Penitence In
Instances of:
Pharaoh,
Exd 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30, 31; 14:5-9.
David,
2Sa 12:15, 16, 23.
Nebuchadnezzar,
Dan 4:28-37.
Levites,
Neh 9:33.
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In
Gen 32:11; 43:14; Exd 17:4; Num 20:16; 1Sa 1:10, 11; 2Sa 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1Ki 8:36-50; 2Ki 19:16, 19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12, 13; Neh 4:4, 5, 9; 6:9, 14; 9:32; Job 10:2, 9, 15; 13:21; 16:20; Psa 3:1, 2, 7; 4:1; 5:8; 6:1-7; 7:1, 2, 6, 7; 9:13, 14; 10:1, 12-15; 13:1-4; 16:1; 17:1, 2, 6-9, 13, 14; 20:1, 2; 22:1-21; 25:2, 16-19, 22; 27:11, 12; 28:1; 30:9, 10; 31:1-4, 14-18; 35:1-3, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25; 38:1-22; 39:10, 12, 13; 40:13, 17; 42:9; 43:1-5; 44:4, 23-26; 50:15; 54:1-3; 55:1-17; 56:1-13; 57:1, 2; 59:1-17; 60:1-3, 11; 61:1, 2; 64:1, 2; 69:1-36; 70:1, 2; 71:1, 2, 4, 9, 12; 74:1, 3, 10, 11, 19, 21-23; 77:1, 2, 7-9; 79:1, 5, 8, 9, 11; 80:1, 3-5, 14; 83:1-18; 85:5-7; 86:1-17; 88:9-14; 89:39-51; 90:15; 94:1-23; 102:2, 24; 106:47; 108:6, 12; 109:1-31; 116:4; 119:22, 28, 39, 41, 42, 76, 77, 82, 84, 107, 121-123, 134, 145-149, 153, 154, 170, 173; 120:2; 123:3, 4; 126:4; 130:1-8; 140:1-13; 141:1-10; 142:1, 2, 5-7; 143:1-12; Isa 33:2; 38:2, 3, 14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1, 9-12; Jer 10:24; 14:8, 9, 19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17, 18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; Lam 1:9-11, 20; 2:18, 19; 5:1, 16, 17, 19-22; Dan 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab 1:12, 13; Mat 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39, 42, 44; 27:46; Mar 14:36; 15:34; Luk 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; Jhn 11:3; Act 4:29, 30; 7:59, 60; 2Cr 12:8; Jam 5:13-16
See PRAYER
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In, Answered
See PRAYER, ANSWERED
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer for the Afflicted
See INTERCESSION
Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In
Job 5:17; 13:15; 34:31, 32, 34; Psa 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Pro 3:11; Lam 3:22-36, 39; Mic 6:9; Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 21:19; 22:42; Jhn 18:11; Rom 5:3; 12:12; 2Cr 12:9; Phl 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 4:5; Hbr 10:34; 12:3-12; Jam 1:10; 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 2:20; 4:12, 13, 19; 5:6, 7
Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In, Exemplified
Jdg 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 15:26; 16:10, 12; 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 20:19; Neh 9:33; Est 4:16; Job 1:21, 22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Psa 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isa 39:8; Jer 10:19; Lam 1:18; 3:39; Dan 9:14; Mic 7:9; Luk 23:40, 41; Act 21:14; Rom 5:3, 4; 2Cr 6:4-10; 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jam 5:11
See RESIGNATION
Afflictions and Adversities: Instances of Resignation In
Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu,
Lev 10:1-3.
Eli, when judgments against his house were foretold,
1Sa 3:15-18.
David, at the death of his child,
2Sa 12:23.
The Shunammite woman,
2Ki 4:18-37.
Jesus, in Gethsemane,
Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Jhn 18:11.
Paul and Silas in prison,
Act 16:23-25.
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