Ecclesiastes 2:20

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

Job 17:11-15

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

Psalm 39:6-7

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

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