But I will put it into the hand of those oppressing you, who have said to your soul, Bow down that we may cross, and, Put your back to the ground, and be as the street to those who cross.
Then Nebuchadnezzar drew near to the door of the furnace of burning fire. He answered and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire.
But Abraham said, Child, remember that you fully received your good things in your lifetime, and Lazarus likewise the bad things, and you are tormented.
Behold, we call blessed the ones enduring. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the end of the Lord, “that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful.” Psa. 103:8