Job 3:20

Wherefore shall light be given to him toiling, and life to the bitter of soul?

Job 7:15-16

And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.

Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore this came I forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and my days shall be finished with shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

And she bitter of soul, and she will pray to Jehovah, and weeping, she will weep.

Proverbs 31:6

Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul

2 Kings 4:27

And she will come to the man of God to the mountain, and she will lay hold upon his feet; and Gehazi will come near to push her away; and the man of God will say, Let go to her, for her soul is bitter to her: and Jehovah hid from me and announced not to me.

Job 3:16

Or as a hidden abortion I shall not be; as children they saw not light.

Job 6:9

And God will, and he will crush me; will he let his hand remain, and will he cut me off?

Job 33:28

Redeem my soul from passing into the pit, and my life shall look upon light

Job 33:30

To turn back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Wherefore

Job 6:9
And God will, and he will crush me; will he let his hand remain, and will he cut me off?
Job 7:15
And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore this came I forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and my days shall be finished with shame?

Light

Job 3:16
Or as a hidden abortion I shall not be; as children they saw not light.
Job 33:28
Redeem my soul from passing into the pit, and my life shall look upon light

The bitter

Job 7:15
And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
And she bitter of soul, and she will pray to Jehovah, and weeping, she will weep.
2 Kings 4:27
And she will come to the man of God to the mountain, and she will lay hold upon his feet; and Gehazi will come near to push her away; and the man of God will say, Let go to her, for her soul is bitter to her: and Jehovah hid from me and announced not to me.
Proverbs 31:6
Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
And I praise the dead already dead more than the living they yet living.