Job 3:20

Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

Job 7:15-16

So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:

2 Kings 4:27

And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

Job 3:16

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

Job 6:9

And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Job 33:28

He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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Summary

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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Wherefore

Job 6:9
And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

Light

Job 3:16
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
Job 33:28
He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

The bitter

Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.
2 Kings 4:27
And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;