8 occurrences

'Miserable' in the Bible

“I have heard many such things;Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofSensitivityNo Comfort

“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?

Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPeople Being SilentMere Talk

And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

Verse ConceptsDoing God's WorksSchedulesRace

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,And it prevailed over them.He has spread a net for my feet;He has turned me back.He has made me desolate and hopelessly miserable,Faint all the day long.

Verse ConceptsNetsUnceasingContinual HardshipCausing People To TurnDamage To The BodyFire From HeavenGod Trapping

So I [Zechariah] pastured the flock doomed for slaughter, truly [as the name implies] the most miserable of sheep. And I took two [shepherd’s] staffs, the one I called Favor (Grace) and the other I called Union (Bonds); so I pastured the flock.

Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter [as if to the dogs]—that magnificent sum at which I am valued by them!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPotterProphecies Concerning ChristExpensivePrice Set On Individuals

Bible Theasaurus

Abject (3 instances)
Miserable (24 instances)
Pathetic (1 instance)
Pitiable (4 instances)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Scurvy (3 instances)
Unhappy (17 instances)
Woeful (3 instances)
Wretched (22 instances)