Psalm 119:67 connects affliction with staying on God's path: before affliction he went astray, after he keeps God's word.

In Psalm 119:12, the psalmist asks to be taught; here he says affliction achieved that teaching—direct thematic link within the same psalm.

Psalm 119:45 shows the result of learning statutes—liberty—while here affliction is the means to learn them.

Psalm 94:12 blesses those disciplined by God and taught from his law — directly paralleling learning from affliction.

1 Corinthians 11:32 says we are disciplined to avoid condemnation — a parallel purpose: affliction leads to salvation, not just learning.

Hebrews 12:10 says God disciplines for our good to share his holiness — same core idea as learning from affliction.

Hebrews 12:11 adds that discipline yields peaceful fruit of righteousness — a later benefit, echoing the psalmist's 'good'.

Lamentations 3:27 states it is good to bear the yoke in youth, directly echoing 'good for me that I was afflicted.'

In Hebrews 12:6, affliction is discipline from the Lord who loves us — directly connecting suffering to learning and growth.

Job 36:9 shows affliction revealing transgressions, echoing the idea that suffering teaches God's statutes.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 says sorrow improves the heart, similar to affliction teaching God's statutes here.

Ecclesiastes 7:14 advises considering in adversity, aligning with the psalmist's view that affliction teaches.

In 2 Corinthians 4:17, affliction is also seen as light and momentary, producing eternal glory — a parallel perspective on suffering's purpose.