Shall we not receive evil?

Bagster's Daily Light - February 24 - Evening

... shall we not receive evil?

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. 1

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. 2

But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 3

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him." 4

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? 5

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD. 6

For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." 7

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. 8

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9

But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 10

I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 11
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1 Job 2:10;
2 Psa 119:75;
3 Isa 64:8;
4 1 Sam 3:18;
5 Jer 12:1;
6 Mal 3:3;
7 Heb 12:6;
8 Matt 10:25;
9 Heb 5:8;
10 1 Pet 4:13;
11 Rev 7:14