Paul and James both say that we should rejoice in our trials because of their beneficial results. It is not the adversity considered in itself that is to be the ground of our joy. Rather, it is the expectation of the results, the development of our character that should cause us to rejoice in adversity. God does not ask us to rejoice because we have lost our job, or a loved one has been stricken with cancer, or a child has been born with an incurable birth defect. But He does tell us to rejoice because we believe He is in control of those circumstances and is at work through them for our ultimate good.
Jerry Bridges

BEARD

BEARD

BEARD, THE

  1. The Jews never appeared without # 2Sa 10:5
  2. Worn even by the priests # Ps 133:2
  3. Laying hold of, a token of respect # 1Sa 20:9
  4. Shaving of, a great offence # 2Sa 10:4,6,7
  5. Plucking of, a sign of scorn # Isa 50:6
  6. Dribbling on, a sign of derangement # 1Sa 21:13
  7. IN AFFLICTION 7a) Was neglected and untrimmed

    # 2Sa 19:24

7b) Was clipped # Jer 48:37 7c) Was shorn # Jer 41:5 7d) Sometimes plucked out # Ezr 9:3 8) Corners of, not to be marred for the dead # Le 19:27 21:5 9) Subject to leprosy # Le 13:29,30 10) Of the healed leper to be shaved # Le 14:9 11) Shaving, illustrative of severe judgments # Isa 7:20 15:2 Eze 5:1