Verse 2

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 16:16 : 16 So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
  • Job 27:2 : 2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
  • Ps 6:2-3 : 2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
  • 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers 8 (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?