Thematic Bible: Being Forsaken by friends


Thematic Bible



Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me. I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.


You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAbandoning FriendsShutting DoorsFriends FailingPeople Being HatedBest Friendsshunning

You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsFriendlessnessLonelinessOvertaken By DarknessFriends FailingBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing Friendsshunning

Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!" Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, Examples OfBlameWivesBad Wives ExamplesHolding FastTemptressesCursing GodWife

"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes. read more.
I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers. Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me. All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.


At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessBeing ForsakenDesertionLonelinessForsaking All OthersSelf DefenceReckoningPeople Abandoning PeopleMan DefendingSupport

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