Lamentations 3:33

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For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

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  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'
  • Heb 12:9-9 : 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
  • Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the LORD will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim; He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon to do His work, His strange work, and perform His task, His alien task.

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    9 He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever.

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  • Lam 3:38-39
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    38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good come?

    39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

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    22 If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

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  • Job 5:17-18
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    17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

    12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

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  • 1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

  • 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

  • 6 For trouble does not spring from the dust, nor does suffering sprout from the ground.

  • 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.

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  • 30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • 26 It is not good to punish the righteous or to strike nobles for their integrity.

  • 28 He causes the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • 10 Therefore, you men of understanding, listen to me: Far be it from God to do evil, and from the Almighty to do wrong.

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  • 13 Whether for correction, or for His land, or for His mercy, He causes it to happen.

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  • 18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

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