Thematic Bible: Being Forsaken by friends


Thematic Bible



I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me. I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person-like broken pottery.


You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.



His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My relatives stop coming by, and my close friends have forgotten me. My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. read more.
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even if I beg him with my own mouth. My breath is offensive to my wife, and my own children find me repulsive. Even young boys scorn me. When I stand up, they mock me. All of my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.




At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.


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