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
Bible References
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 and death rather than [these] my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Light
Job 3:16
Or I should have been as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never saw light.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.
The bitter
Job 7:15
so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than [these] my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to LORD, and wept much.
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her, and LORD has hid it from me, and has n
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.