• Job 33:19-30
  “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
  And with strong pain in many of his bones, So that his life abhors bread,
  And his soul succulent food. His flesh wastes away from sight,
  And his bones stick out which once were not seen. Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
  And his life to the executioners. “If there is a messenger for him,
  A mediator, one among a thousand,
  To show man His uprightness, Then He is gracious to him, and says,
  ‘ Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
  I have found a ransom’; His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
  He shall return to the days of his youth. He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
  He shall see His face with joy,
  For He restores to man His righteousness. Then he looks at men and says,
  ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
  And it did not profit me.’ He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit,
  And his life shall see the light. “ Behold, God works all these things,
  Twice, in fact, three times with a man, To bring back his soul from the Pit,
  That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
   
• Psalm 119:67
  Before I was afflicted I went astray,
  But now I keep Your word.
  
   
• Psalm 119:71
  It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
  That I may learn Your statutes.
  
   
• Job 33:14
  For God may speak in one way, or in another,
  Yet man does not perceive it.
   
• 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
  Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
   
• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
  And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
   
• Psalm 119:75
  I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right,
  And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  
   
• Psalm 119:92
  Unless Your law had been my delight,
  I would then have perished in my affliction.
  
   

Related Scriptures

• Psalm 119:50
  This is my comfort in my affliction,
  For Your word has given me life.
  
   
• Romans 8:18
  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
   
• James 5:11
  Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
   
• 1 Peter 4:16
  Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.