Verse 25

While another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted prosperity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 9:18 : 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
  • Job 10:1 : 1 I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.
  • Eccl 6:2 : 2 God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.
  • Isa 38:15-17 : 15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. 16 Lord, by such things people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit. You restored me to health and let me live. 17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Ezek 4:16-17 : 16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.' 17 'In this way, they will lack bread and water, and they will be appalled at one another and waste away because of their iniquity.'
  • Ezek 12:18 : 18 Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with shaking and anxiety.
  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 Hushai continued, 'You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors and bitter in spirit, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is an experienced fighter, and he will not spend the night with the troops.'
  • 1 Kgs 17:12 : 12 But she replied, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked. I only have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a couple of sticks to go and prepare it for myself and my son so we may eat it and then die."
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?