A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.
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People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.
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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
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2 Thessalonians 1:4:
Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
(NIV)
And this is a cause of our mentioning you with pride among the churches (assemblies) of God for your steadfastness (your unflinching endurance and patience) and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecutions and crushing distresses and afflictions under which you are holding up.
(AMP)
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
(KJV)
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It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.
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Isaiah 53:4:
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
(NIV)
Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. [Matt. 8:17.](AMP)
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
(KJV)
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When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.
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