Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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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!
Job 7:15
so that I prefer strangling
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?

Light

Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
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.”

The bitter

Job 7:15
so that I prefer strangling
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.

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

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