Philippians 2:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

And no doubt he was sicke, very neere vnto death: but God had mercie on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, least I should haue sorowe vpon sorowe.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:1 : 1 About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lorde, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
  • Ps 30:1-3 : 1 A Psalme or song of the dedication of the house of Dauid. I will magnifie thee, O Lorde: for thou hast exalted mee, and hast not made my foe to reioyce ouer me. 2 O Lorde my God, I cried vnto thee, and thou hast restored me. 3 O Lorde, thou hast brought vp my soule out of the graue: thou hast reuiued me from them that goe downe into the pit.
  • Ps 30:10-11 : 10 Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercy vpon me: Lord, be thou mine helper. 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.
  • Ps 103:3-4 : 3 Which forgiueth all thine iniquitie, and healeth all thine infirmities. 4 Which redeemeth thy life from the graue, and crowneth thee with mercy and compassions.
  • Ps 107:18-22 : 18 Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore. 19 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuereth them from their distresse. 20 He sendeth his worde and healeth them, and deliuereth them from their graues. 21 Let them therefore cofesse before the Lord his louing kindnesse, & his wonderful workes before the sonnes of men, 22 And let them offer sacrifices of praise, and declare his workes with reioycing.
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Beholde, for felicitie I had bitter griefe, but it was thy pleasure to deliuer my soule from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I wil be with thee, & through the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe thee. When thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle vpon thee.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 I would haue comforted my selfe against sorowe, but mine heart is heauie in me.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 O Lorde, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, least thou bring mee to nothing.
  • Jer 45:3 : 3 Thou diddest say, Wo is me nowe: for the Lord hath laied sorrow vnto my sorrowe: I fainted in my mourning, and I can finde no rest.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 O Lord, I haue heard thy voyce, and was afraide: O Lord, reuiue thy worke in the mids of the people, in the mids of the yeeres make it knowen: in wrath remember mercy.
  • John 11:3-4 : 3 Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke. 4 When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.
  • Acts 9:37 : 37 And it came to passe in those dayes, that she was sicke & dyed: and when they had washed her, they layd her in an vpper chamber.
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 Then Peter arose and came with them: and when hee was come, they brought him into the vpper chamber, where all the widowes stoode by him weeping, and shewing the coates and garments, which Dorcas made, while she was with them. 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled downe, and prayed, and turned him to the body, and sayd, Tabitha, arise; she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, sate vp. 41 Then he gaue her the hand and lift her vp, and called the Saints and widowes, and restored her aliue.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no tentation taken you, but such as appertaine to man: and God is faithfull, which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able, but wil euen giue the issue with the tentation, that ye may be able to beare it.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because that for the woorke of Christ he was neere vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfill that seruice which was lacking on your part towarde me.

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