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
That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free his hand, and cut me off!
Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than these my bones!
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore was it - That from the womb, I came forth, to see labour and pain; and That in shame should my days be consumed!
Light
Job 3:16
Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:
Job 33:28
He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.
The bitter
Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than these my bones!
1 Samuel 1:10
and, she being in bitterness of soul, prayed unto Yahweh, and, wept sore.
2 Kings 4:27
But, when she came unto the man of God, on the mount, she caught hold of his feet, - and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away, when the man of God said - Let her alone! for, her life, is embittered to her, howbeit, Yahweh, hath hidden it from me, and hath not told me.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, - more than the living, who were living, still;