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DESPONDENCY ;
General scriptures concerning - Nu 17:12,13; De 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Ps 31:22; 77:7-9; Pr 13:12; Isa 2:19; Jer 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; La 3:1-21; 5:22; Ho 10:8; Jon 2:2-4; Mic 7:1-7; Mt 24:30; Lu 13:27,28; 23:29,30; Re 6:14-17; 9:5,6
See AFFLICTION
See RESIGNATION
See SORROW
See SUFFERING
INSTANCES OF
- Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder
of Abel - Ge 4:13,14- Hagar, when cast out of the household of Abraham on account
of the jealousy of Sarah - Ge 21:15,16- Moses
- Ex 4:1,10,13; 6:12
- When sent on his mission to the Israelites
- Ex 14:15
- At the Red Sea
- Nu 11:15
- When the people craved for meat
- The Israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the
Egyptians - Ex 6:9- Elijah, when he fled from Jezebel to the wilderness and sat
under the juniper tree, and wanted to die - 1Ki 19:4- Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites
- Jon 4:3,8- The sailors with Paul
- Ac 27:20- Job, see the above extracts from the Book of Job
- Jeremiah, see the above extracts from the Lamentations of
JeremiahCOMFORT IN - Isa 35:3,4; Lu 18:1-8; Heb 12:12,13
- See CONSOLATION IN
AFFLICTION,- See PROMISES TO
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