Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Bible References

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Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.
Genesis 42:36
Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”
Numbers 11:11
So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have placed the burden of all these people on me?
Joshua 7:7
Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have You brought this people across the Jordan at all, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to live beyond the Jordan!
Job 16:11

“God hands me over to criminals
And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.
Job 23:2

“Even today my complaint is contentious;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
Lamentations 3:1
I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.

I fainted

Jeremiah 8:18

Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing],
My heart is sick and faint within me!
Psalm 27:13

I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
Psalm 77:3

I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
Proverbs 24:10

If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.
Lamentations 1:13

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,
And it prevailed over them.
He has spread a net for my feet;
He has turned me back.
He has made me desolate and hopelessly miserable,
Faint all the day long.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy [from God, granting us salvation, opportunities, and blessings], we do not get discouraged nor lose our motivation.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
And as for [the rest of] you, believers, do not grow tired or lose heart in doing good [but continue doing what is right without weakening].
Hebrews 12:3
Just consider and meditate on Him who endured from sinners such bitter hostility against Himself [consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.