Job 39:16
“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],
Lamentations 4:3
Even the jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young].
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
The most refined and well-bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and pampered,
1 Kings 3:26-27
Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply moved over her son, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; cut him!”
2 Kings 6:28-29
And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Lamentations 2:20
See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Habakkuk 2:13
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?
Romans 1:31
without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful [without pity].
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hardened
Her labour
General references
Bible References
Hardened
Even the jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young].
As
See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Her labour
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?
General references
“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And [in battle] he does not turn back from the sword.