Bad Things That Happen To Good People

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me,” says Yahweh.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. — read the full passage →

For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. — read the full passage →

For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? — read the full passage →

He said to him, “Why do you call me good?No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. — read the full passage →

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh.

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. — read the full passage →

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.