Misfortune
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Misfortune

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Misfortune (24 Occurrences)
... mischance. 2. (vi) To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail.
Multi-Version Concordance Misfortune (24 Occurrences). Acts ...
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Calamity (108 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events
or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals ...
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Misery (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. 2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. ...
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Affliction (120 Occurrences)
... invariably followed by adequate punishment. Every misfortune was a proof of
sin on the part of the sufferer. Thus Job's "friends" sought ...
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Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... 9:26 2 Samuel 7:23 1 Chronicles 17:21 Isaiah 52:3). The idea of deliverance includes
deliverance from all forms of evil lot, from national misfortune (Isaiah 52 ...
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Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... 9:26 2 Samuel 7:23 1 Chronicles 17:21 Isaiah 52:3). The idea of deliverance includes
deliverance from all forms of evil lot, from national misfortune (Isaiah 52 ...
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Contend (56 Occurrences)
... 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself,
and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou ...
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Virginity (12 Occurrences)
... The Old Testament lays extreme emphasis on chastity before marriage (Deuteronomy
22:21), but childlessness was so great a misfortune that death before marriage ...
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Narrowly (2 Occurrences)
... a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only
just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he ...
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Narrow (21 Occurrences)
... Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.;
close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a ...
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Unfortunate (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune;
unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an ...
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Obey (219 Occurrences)
... On the other hand misfortune, calamity, distress and famine are due to their
disobedience and distrust of Yahweh. See DISOBEDIENCE. ...
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Lamentable (1 Occurrence)
... lamentable countenance. 2. (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. 3. (a ...
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Loss (90 Occurrences)
... reputation. 2. (n.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect,
misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing. 3 ...
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Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... it "lamp" usually, but "torch" in Nahum 2:3; Zechariah 12:6. In Job 12:5 the Revised
Version (British and American) renders it "for misfortune," regarding it ...
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Lose (59 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune,
negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from ...
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Looted (9 Occurrences)
... Obadiah 1:13 Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look,
even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth ...
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Loot (15 Occurrences)
... Obadiah 1:13 Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look,
even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth ...
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Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... it "lamp" usually, but "torch" in Nahum 2:3; Zechariah 12:6. In Job 12:5 the Revised
Version (British and American) renders it "for misfortune," regarding it ...
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Grace (277 Occurrences)
... relief through chancery. 5. (n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or
sorry when it means misfortune. 6. (n.) Inherent excellence ...
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Grief (252 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Sorrow; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of
friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. ...
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Ill (137 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind;
misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. ...
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Impoverish (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or
indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. ...
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Fathered (4 Occurrences)
... NAS). Ecclesiastes 5:14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has
fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand. (WEB NAS). ...
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Foreboding (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forebode. 2. (n.) Presage of coming ill; expectation of
misfortune. Multi-Version Concordance Foreboding (1 Occurrence). ...
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Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... probable hypothesis concerning the `thorn' or `stake' in the flesh is that the loving
heart of the apostle bewailed as his sorest trial the misfortune that, by ...
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Take (11064 Occurrences)
... prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall;
to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like ...
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Rewards (26 Occurrences)
... will be rewarded. (See NIV). Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but
prosperity rewards the righteous. (WEB RSV). Proverbs 16 ...
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Recovery (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like;
restoration from a condition of misfortune, of fright, etc. ...
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Recover (37 Occurrences)
... 9. (vi) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured;
hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc ...
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Reverse (12 Occurrences)
... act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances
or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check ...
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Disaster (131 Occurrences)
... portent. 2. (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and
extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. 3. (vt ...
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Distress (169 Occurrences)
... the loss of friends. 2. (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful
situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. 3. (n.) A state ...
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Debtor (7 Occurrences)
... It was looked upon as a misfortune to be in debt; it indicated poverty brought on
probably by blighted harvests; consequently those in debt were to be looked ...
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Discipline (63 Occurrences)
... of obedience. 4. (n.) Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction
by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. 5. (n ...
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Dejection (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self. 3. (n.) Lowness of spirits
occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. ...
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Debt (48 Occurrences)
... It was looked upon as a misfortune to be in debt; it indicated poverty brought on
probably by blighted harvests; consequently those in debt were to be looked ...
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Making (644 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the
material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was the making of ...
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Malice (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or
misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of ...
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Mourner (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who mourns or is grieved at any
misfortune, as the death of a friend. 2. (n.) One who attends ...
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Mishap (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An unfortunate accident; ill luck; misfortune;
mischance. 2. (vi) To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. ...
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Miser (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A covetous, grasping, person devoted to saving and hoarding wealth. 2.
(n.) A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. ...
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Misfortunes (2 Occurrences)

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Predict (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as,
to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. 2. (n.) A prediction. ...
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Philosophy (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity;
fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy. ...
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Pursues (15 Occurrences)
... heart, (See NAS). Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity
rewards the righteous. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 15:9 ...
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Punishment (417 Occurrences)
... rejection of this doctrine "cuts the ground from under the gospel...blots out the
attribute of retributive justice; transmutes sin into misfortune instead of ...
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Barren (44 Occurrences)
... 7, 36). In Israel and among oriental peoples generally barrenness was
a woman's and a family's greatest misfortune. The highest ...
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Borrowing (1 Occurrence)
... poverty. To the borrower they were esteemed a form of misfortune (Deuteronomy
28:12 f), and by the lender a form of beneficence. ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... Seasons of misfortune are likened to the pains of a woman in travail, and seasons
of prosperity to the joy that succeeds child-birth (Isaiah 13:8; Jeremiah 4:31 ...
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Brand (4 Occurrences)
... Brand (4 Occurrences). Job 12:5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt
for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. (See JPS). ...
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Barrenness (3 Occurrences)
... 7, 36). In Israel and among oriental peoples generally barrenness was
a woman's and a family's greatest misfortune. The highest ...
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Cross (157 Occurrences)
... of Christendom. 3. (n.) Affliction regarded as a test of patience or virtue;
trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune. 4. (n ...
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Contemptible (14 Occurrences)
... (See JPS YLT). Job 12:5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt
for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. (See JPS). ...
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Cautious (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences
of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect ...
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Curse (211 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or
severe affliction; torment. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CURSE. ...
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Catastrophe (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A calamitous event or natural disaster;
sudden calamity; great misfortune. 2. (n.) The final event ...
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Annihilate (8 Occurrences)
... Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought
them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the ...
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Asahel (17 Occurrences)
... respectable brigands. Asahel was distinguished for his swift running, and
this fact brought misfortune upon him and upon Israel. When ...
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Adversity (54 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Opposition; misfortune; contrariety. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADVERSITY. ad-vur'-si-ti: In ...
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Ahab (85 Occurrences)
... to take advantage of any momentary weakness, the kingdom, during the reign of Ahab,
was compelled to undergo the blighting effects of misfortune, drought and ...
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Slips (6 Occurrences)
... RSV). Job 12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for
misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. (WEB). ...
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Sad (73 Occurrences)
... 6. (superl.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad
misfortune. 7. (superl.) Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. ...
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Slippeth (3 Occurrences)
... Slippeth (3 Occurrences). Job 12:5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is
contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. ...
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Shield (65 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) To ward off; to keep off or out. 11. (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence,
as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Herodias (7 Occurrences)
... But the pride of Herodias kept her still faithful to her husband in his misfortune.
CM Kerr. Multi-Version Concordance Herodias (7 Occurrences). ...
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Ease (46 Occurrences)
... My couch shall ease my complaint;' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Job
12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. ...
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Slip (22 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Job 12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt
for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. ...
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Contempt (55 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Job 12:5 In the thought of him who is at
ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. ...
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Prosperity (66 Occurrences)
... prosperity. (WEB RSV NIV). Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but
prosperity rewards the righteous. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs ...
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Cloud (119 Occurrences)
...Misfortune and old age are compared to "the cloudy and dark day" (Ezekiel 34:12)
and "the clouds returning after rain" (Ecclesiastes 12:2). 9. Various Other ...
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Vine (76 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:29 Psalm 107:37 Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 65:21 Jeremiah 31:5 Ezekiel 28:26
Amos 9:14); to plant and not eat the fruit was a misfortune (Deuteronomy 20:6 ...
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Samaria (123 Occurrences)
... The city was rebuilt by Pompey and, having again fallen under misfortune, was restored
by Gabinius (Josephus, Ant, XIV, iv, 4; v, 3; BJ, I, vii, 7; viii, 4 ...
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Holds (67 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Job 12:5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for
misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. (See NAS). ...
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Demonology
... To these demons all sorts of misfortune were ascribed-a toothache; a headache, a
broken bone, a raging fever, an outburst of anger, of jealousy, of ...
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Demoniac (7 Occurrences)
... To these demons all sorts of misfortune were ascribed-a toothache; a headache, a
broken bone, a raging fever, an outburst of anger, of jealousy, of ...
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Demon (26 Occurrences)
... To these demons all sorts of misfortune were ascribed-a toothache; a headache, a
broken bone, a raging fever, an outburst of anger, of jealousy, of ...
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Sinner (88 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 13:21 Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the
righteous. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Boast (86 Occurrences)
... 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself,
and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... On the other hand misfortune, calamity, distress and famine are due to their
disobedience and distrust of Yahweh. See DISOBEDIENCE. ...
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