{"query": "Easton: Afflictions", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f3c237065b9d", "title": "Easton: Afflictions", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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 pe"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_james_1_2", "title": "Matthew Henry on James 1:2", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On James 1:2 — We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed: - \nI. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, "}, {"id": "card_n_1987410ceae9", "title": "Easton: Plague", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity ("}, {"id": "card_n_fdc6df218f54", "title": "Easton: Temptation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their fa"}, {"id": "card_c_69073dae6de2", "title": "Easton: Afflictions cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 5:7 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_a05aeddd9eee", "title": "Easton: Afflictions cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 1:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_8ad177db0311", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_233: In afflictions there are various kinds of hypocrisy.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In afflictions there are various kinds of hypocrisy. In one, under the pretext of weeping for one dear to us we bemoan ourselves; we regret her good opinion of us, we deplore the loss of our comfort, "}, {"id": "card_c_f8492ea50c99", "title": "Easton: Afflictions references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_71", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:71", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:71 — See here, 1. That it has been the lot of the best saints to be afflicted. The proud and the wicked lived in pomp and pleasure, while David, though he kept close to God and his duty,"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_107", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:107", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:107 — Here is, 1. The representation David makes of the sorrowful condition he was in: I am afflicted very much, afflicted in spirit; he seems to mean that especially. He laboured under "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_job_4_7", "title": "Matthew Henry on Job 4:7", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Job 4:7 — Eliphaz here advances another argument to prove Job a hypocrite, and will have not only his impatience under his afflictions to be evidence against him but even his afflictions themselves"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_75", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:75", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:75 — Still David is in affliction, and being so he owns, 1. That his sin was justly corrected: I know, O Lord! that thy judgments are right, are righteousness itself. However God is plea"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_119_67", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:67", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 119:67 — David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: \"Before I was afflicted, while I lived in peace and plenty, and knew no sorrow, I went "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_job_42_10", "title": "Matthew Henry on Job 42:10", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Job 42:10 — You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jam 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord, that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of thi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_102_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 102:1 — The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted. It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those tha"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_james_1_19", "title": "Matthew Henry on James 1:19", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On James 1:19 — In this part of the chapter we are required,\nI. To restrain the workings of passion. This lesson we should learn under afflictions; and this we shall learn if we are indeed begotten ag"}, {"id": "card_src_word_book_of_job", "title": "book of job", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "book of job: (noun) a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply — syn: Job"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h1042", "title": "H1042 — בֵּית־עֲנוֹת (bet a.not): Beth-anoth", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "בֵּית־עֲנוֹת (bet a.not), Strong's H1042: Beth-anoth. § Beth-anoth = \"house of responses (or afflictions)\" a place in Judah"}, {"id": "card_c_6ad9124f9e12", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_486: More persons e ↔ La Rochefoucauld §laroch_233: In afflictions", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to classics · larochefoucauld_maxims — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_c_38cde02c2b27", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_233: In afflictions ↔ La Rochefoucauld §laroch_266: We deceive our", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to classics · larochefoucauld_maxims — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}]}