1.     To produce the fruit of patience

Rom. 5:3; James 1:3–4; Heb. 10:36

2.     To produce the fruit of joy

Ps. 30:5; 126:5–6

3.     To produce the fruit of maturity

Eccles. 7:3; 1 Pet. 5:10

4.     To produce the fruit of righteousness

Heb. 12:11

5.     To silence the devil

Job 1:9, 10, 20–22

6.     To teach us

Ps. 119:67, 71

7.     To purify our lives

Job 23:10; Ps. 66:10–12; Isa. 1:25; 48:10; Prov. 17:3; 1 Pet. 1:7

8.     To make us like Christ

Heb. 12:9, 10; 1 Pet. 4:12–13; Phil. 3:10; 2 Cor. 4:7–10

9.     To glorify God

Ps. 50:15; John 9:1–3; 11:1–4; 21:18–19; Phil. 1:19–20

10.     To prevent us from sinning

2 Cor. 12:7, 9–10

11.     To make us confess when we do sin

Judg. 10:6–7, 15–16; Ps. 32:3–5; Hos. 5:15; 6:1; 2 Chron. 15:3–4

12.     To chasten us for our sin

1 Pet. 4:17

13.     To prove our sonship

Heb. 12:5–6

14.     To reveal ourselves to ourselves

Job 42:6; Luke 15:18

15.     To help our prayer life

Isa. 26:16

16.     To become an example to others

2 Cor. 6:4–5; 1 Thess. 1:6–7

17.     To qualify us as counselors

Rom. 12:15; Gal. 6:2; 2 Cor. 1:3–5

18.     To further the gospel witness

Acts 8:1–5; 16:25–34; Phil. 1:12–13; 2 Tim. 4:6–8, 16–17

19.     To make us more than conquerors

2 Cor. 2:14; Rom. 8:35, 37

20.     To give us insight into God’s nature

Job 42:5; Rom. 8:14–15, 18

21.     To drive us closer to God

1 Pet. 4:14; 2 Cor. 12:10

22.     To prepare us for a greater ministry

1 Kings 17–18; John 12:24

23.     To provide for us a reward

Matt. 5:10–12; 19:27–29; Rom. 8:16–17; 2 Cor. 4:17

24.     To prepare us for the kingdom

2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12

25.     To show God’s sovereignty

Rom. 8:28; 1 Cor. 10:13; Ps. 66:10–12; Gen. 45:5–8; 50:20