Afflictions

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Afflictions
     common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of
     men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor.
     12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the
     Lord's people (Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3:12). They are all directed by
     God (Lam. 3:33), and will result in the everlasting good of his


     people (2 Cor. 4:16-18) in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:35-39).