Afflict

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall Afflict them four hundred years;

If thou shalt Afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

• Treasure
• Cities

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to Afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Ye shall not Afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If thou Afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall Afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall Afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

• Atonement

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall Afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall Afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall Afflict Asshur, and shall Afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

• Atonement

And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall Afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:

Every vow, and every binding oath to Afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

• Delilah
• Bribery

And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to Afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to Afflict thee.

And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to Afflict him, and his strength went from him.

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness Afflict them any more, as beforetime,

And I will for this Afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost Afflict them;

• Fasting
• Prayer

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might Afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not Afflict.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst Afflict the people, and cast them out.

God shall hear, and Afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness Afflict him.

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and Afflict thine heritage.

• DAVID
• Decision
• Prayer

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that Afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously Afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

But I will put it into the hand of them that Afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to Afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and Afflict us very sore?

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to Afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

For he doth not Afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they Afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall Afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will Afflict thee no more.

Behold, at that time I will undo all that Afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.