{"query": "Easton: Afflictions", "count": 6, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f3c237065b9d", "title": "Easton: Afflictions", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord’s pe"}, {"id": "card_c_69073dae6de2", "title": "Easton: Afflictions cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 5:7 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_a05aeddd9eee", "title": "Easton: Afflictions cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 1:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_f8492ea50c99", "title": "Easton: Afflictions references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_1987410ceae9", "title": "Easton: Plague", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity ("}, {"id": "card_n_fdc6df218f54", "title": "Easton: Temptation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their fa"}]}