Job 3:20
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
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Job 3:20
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
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Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
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Genesis 30:1
Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
Genesis 35:16
So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
Genesis 35:17
And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
Genesis 35:18
And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
Numbers 11:29
And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
Job 3:2
Job made answer and said,
Job 5:2
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Job 13:19
Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.
Psalms 37:8
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
John 4:3
He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
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Genesis 32:8
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
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Genesis 37:32
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
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Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!
Numbers 20:3
And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
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Numbers 11:14
I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.
John 4:9
The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.
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Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.
Job 23:16
For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
Job 33:20
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
Job 33:22
And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.
Isaiah 38:15
What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.
Isaiah 38:16
O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.
Isaiah 38:17
See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
Lamentations 3:1
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations 3:15
He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
Lamentations 3:19
Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison.
John 11:9
Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.
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1 Samuel 1:10
And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.
2 Samuel 17:8
Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not take his night's rest with the people;
2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
Proverbs 14:10
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
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1 Kings 19:3
And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;
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2 Kings 2:11
And while they went on their way, going on talking together, suddenly there were carriages and horses of fire separating them from one another and Elijah went up to heaven in a great wind.
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1 Chronicles 13:11
And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.
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Job 3:8
Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
Job 3:9
Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.
Job 3:10
Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.
Job 3:13
For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
Job 14:1
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.
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Job 5:15
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
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Job 5:16
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
Job 5:20
When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
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Job 6:10
So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
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Job 17:13
If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
Job 17:14
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Job 36:20
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Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
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Job 9:21
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Job 9:23
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
Job 21:7
Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
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Job 8:18
If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
Job 12:13
With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.
Job 16:7
But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.
Job 20:23
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Job 22:21
Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.
Job 24:22
But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.
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Job 24:16
In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
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Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
Psalms 88:4
I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
Psalms 88:5
My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.
Psalms 88:6
You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
Psalms 88:7
The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
Psalms 88:8
You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
Psalms 88:9
My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
Psalms 88:10
Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)
Psalms 88:11
Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?
Psalms 88:12
May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
Psalms 88:13
But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.
Psalms 88:14
Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
Psalms 88:15
I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.
Psalms 88:16
The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
Psalms 88:17
They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
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Psalms 55:6
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
Psalms 88:18
You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
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Proverbs 10:24
The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.
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Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
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2 Samuel 1:9
Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.
Isaiah 2:19
And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
Hosea 10:8
And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us.
Luke 23:30
And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.
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Job 10:22
A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.
Job 11:14
If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Job 18:18
He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
Isaiah 8:21
And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;
Isaiah 8:22
And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
Isaiah 9:2
The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.
Jude 1:13
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
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Isaiah 15:4
Heshbon is crying out, and Elealeh; their voice is sounding even to Jahaz: for this cause the heart of Moab is shaking; his soul is shaking with fear.
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