Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Wherefore
The bitter
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Bible References
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;