"Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word" -- Psalm 119.67
"It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees" -- Psalm 119.71
"...In this world you will have tribulation." -- John 16.33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."