Job 3:20

Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?

Job 7:15-16

I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I ever come forth from the womb to look on trouble and sorrow? My days have been spent in shame!

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

2 Kings 4:27

but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away. Elisha said: Do not bother her. You can see she is deeply distressed. Jehovah has not told me a thing about it.

Job 3:16

Why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?

Job 6:9

Oh that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!

Job 33:28

He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

Job 33:30

He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Wherefore

Job 6:9
Oh that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15
I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I ever come forth from the womb to look on trouble and sorrow? My days have been spent in shame!

Light

Job 3:16
Why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
Job 33:28
He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

The bitter

Job 7:15
I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.
1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:
2 Kings 4:27
but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away. Elisha said: Do not bother her. You can see she is deeply distressed. Jehovah has not told me a thing about it.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

General references

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