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 let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
Light
Job 3:16
Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'
The bitter
Job 7:15
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
1 Samuel 1:10
She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly.
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.