Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Wherefore

Job 6:9
“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
Job 7:15
So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been spent in shame?

Light

Job 3:16
“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.
Job 33:28
‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

The bitter

Job 7:15
So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
1 Samuel 1:10
She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
2 Kings 4:27
When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

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