- God appoints

2Ki 6:33; Job 5:6,17; Ps 66:11; Am 3:6; Mic 6:9



- God dispenses, as He will

Job 11:10; Isa 10:15; 45:7



- God regulates the measure of

Ps 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28



- God determines the continuance of

Ge 15:13,14; Nu 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10



- God does not willingly send

La 3:33



- Man is born to

Job 5:6,7; 14:1



- Saints appointed to

1Th 3:3



- Consequent upon the fall

Ge 3:16-19



- Sin produces

Job 4:8; 20:11; Pr 1:31



- Sin visited with

2Sa 12:14; Ps 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Ac 13:10,11



- Often severe

Job 16:7-16; Ps 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Re 7:14



- Always less than we deserve

Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10



- Frequently terminate in good

Ge 50:20; Ex 1:11,12; De 8:15,16; Jer 24:5,6; Eze 20:37



- Tempered with mercy

Ps 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; La 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Na 1:12



- Saints are to expect

Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22



- Of saints, are comparatively light

Ac 20:23,24; Ro 8:18; 2Co 4:17



- Of saints, are but temporary

Ps 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7,8; Joh 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10



- Saints have joy under

Job 5:17; Jas 5:11



- Of saints, end in joy and blessedness

Ps 126:5,6; Isa 61:2,3; Mt 5:4; 1Pe 4:13,14



- Often arise from the profession of the gospel

Mt 24:9; Joh 15:21; 2Ti 3:11,12



- Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God

De 8:5; Ps 119:75; Pr 3:12; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6,7; Re 3:19