8 Bible Verses about Weariness Of Life
Most Relevant Verses
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
“I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.
Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.