Why do bad things happen to good people?

Blessed Winds Bible Messages

This is a biblical look at why bad things happen to good people. It also provides direction on how to deal with difficult times.
Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Genesis 2:16-17; 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Genesis 3 They ate from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Sin entered the world.
Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Romans 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
Job 1:1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
1 John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
NLT 1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
James 1:12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Job 1:21 and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”