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Psalm 119-67. "Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word Verse" 71. "It is good for me, that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."75. "I know, O Lord, thy judgements are right, and thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me."
2. Corinthians 4-16. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." Verse 17. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Hebrews 21.-6. "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and seourgeth every son whom he receiveth." Verse 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 10. They verily, for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them which are exercised thereby.
Deut. 8-5. As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
Job 36.-8. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction. Verse 9.
