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
Even that it would please God to destroy me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15
And my soul thought it better to be strangled and desired death more than my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come forth out of the womb? To see labour and sorrow that my days should be consumed with shame?
Light
Job 3:16
Or, why was I not hidden as an untimely birth, as infants who never saw light?
Job 33:28
God will ransom his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
The bitter
Job 7:15
And my soul thought it better to be strangled and desired death more than my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the LORD and wept sore;
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God in the mountain, she caught him by the feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter within her; and the LORD has hid it from me and has not revealed it to me.
Proverbs 31:6
Give beer unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto those that have heavy hearts.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.