But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
To him that is afflicted pity [should be showed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noon day:
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness.
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
[Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Thus saith the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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