Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
As my sorrowful meat
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Bible References
As my sorrowful meat
1 Kings 17:12
Then she said: By the life of Jehovah your God, I have nothing but a little meal, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.
1 Kings 22:27
Tell them: 'It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.'
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping.
Ezekiel 4:14
But I replied: No, O Lord Jehovah! I have never defiled myself. From childhood on I have never eaten meat from any animal that died a natural death or was killed by wild animals. I have never eaten any food considered unclean.
Ezekiel 12:18
Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
Daniel 10:3
I ate no pleasant bread; neither flesh nor wine entered my mouth. I did not anoint myself at all until three whole weeks were completed.
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Psalm 80:5
You made them eat tears as food. You often made them drink their own tears.