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 He would decide to crush me,
to unleash His power and cut me off!
to unleash His power and cut me off!
Job 7:15 so that I prefer strangling—
death rather than life in this body.
death rather than life in this body.
Jeremiah 20:18 Why did I come out of the womb
to see only struggle and sorrow,
to end my life in shame?
to see only struggle and sorrow,
to end my life in shame?
Light
Job 3:16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?
like infants who never see daylight?
Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”
and I will continue to see the light.”
The bitter
Job 7:15 so that I prefer strangling—
death rather than life in this body.
death rather than life in this body.
1 Samuel 1:10
Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.
2 Kings 4:27
When she came up to the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone—she is in severe anguish, and the Lord has hidden it from me. He hasn’t told me.”
Proverbs 31:6 Give beer to one who is dying
and wine to one whose life is bitter.
and wine to one whose life is bitter.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.