Israel’s Suffering in Egypt

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:

No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless

“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?

The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, But one who hates being surety is secure.

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

O Lord, You know; Remember me and visit me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In Your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.

My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss.

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, Because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.”

“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”