Job 3:20

"Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

Job 7:15-16

so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

2 Kings 4:27

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh 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 who never saw light.

Job 6:9

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

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. 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
even 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 chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why came I forth out of the womb 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 who never saw light.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

The bitter

Job 7:15
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.
2 Kings 4:27
When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me."
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.