Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Despair » General references to
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
natural Life » Is compared to » A weaver's shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Time » Brevity of » Like a flying shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Weaving » Weaver's shuttle
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.