Job 3:20

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

Job 7:15-16

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is sorrowful within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me?

Job 3:16

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Job 6:9

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 33:28

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit, to 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
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Light

Job 3:16
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

The bitter

Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is sorrowful within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me?
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

General references

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