Job 21:25

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

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  • 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?

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  • Job 33:19-22
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    19A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones.

    20Their life begins to loathe food, and their soul rejects even the most desirable meal.

    21Their flesh wastes away so that it can no longer be seen, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

    22Their soul draws near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.

  • Job 21:23-24
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    23One person dies in the full vigor of his strength, completely secure and at ease,

    24His sides full of milk, and the marrow of his bones moist.

  • Job 14:22
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    22He feels pain only in his own flesh and mourns only for himself.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

  • Job 3:20-22
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    20Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?

    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

    22Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

  • Job 21:26
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    26They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

  • Job 21:21
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    21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

  • Prov 5:11
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    11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 107:18
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    18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

  • Job 6:7
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    7My soul refuses to touch them; they are like loathsome food to me.

  • Eccl 2:23-25
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    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

  • Eccl 6:6-7
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    6Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Job 20:11
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    11The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eat to their heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Job 24:19-21
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    19As drought and heat consume the snow waters, so Sheol consumes those who have sinned.

    20The womb forgets them; worms feast upon them; they are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

    21He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • Eccl 6:2-3
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    2God 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.

    3A man may father a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy life's good things and receives no proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

  • Lam 4:9
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    9Those slain by the sword are better off than those dying of hunger, wasting away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.

  • Job 20:20-21
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    20Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

    21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    32He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

    33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows after him, and countless go before him.

  • Job 9:18
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    18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

  • Job 27:15
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    15His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them.

  • Jer 16:7
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    7No one will break bread for the bereaved to comfort them for the dead. Nor will anyone offer them a cup of consolation for their father or mother.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

  • Jer 31:25
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    25For I have satisfied the weary soul and replenished every languishing soul.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.

  • Job 20:14
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    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

  • Job 7:15
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    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

  • Job 27:19
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    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Job 7:11
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    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Prov 27:20
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    20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

  • Prov 21:25
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    25The desire of the lazy person kills them, for their hands refuse to work.

  • Jer 31:30
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    30Instead, each will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes, their own teeth will be set on edge.