Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Wherefore
The bitter
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Bible References
Wherefore
Job 6:9
that God would just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me!
Job 7:15
I would rather die by strangulation than continue living.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and to finish my life living in shame?
Light
Job 3:16
"Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light?
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'
The bitter
Job 7:15
I would rather die by strangulation than continue living.
1 Samuel 1:10
Deeply distressed, she prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly.
2 Kings 4:27
As she came near the man of God on the mountain, she grabbed his feet. When Gehazi intervened to push her away, the man of God said, "Leave her alone! She is deeply troubled! The LORD has concealed the thing from me, and hasn't informed me."
Proverbs 31:6
Give liquor to someone who is perishing, and wine to someone who is deeply depressed.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.