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
If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
Job 7:15
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
Light
Job 3:16
Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
Job 33:28
He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
The bitter
Job 7:15
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
1 Samuel 1:10
And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.