Psalms 107:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.

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  • Ps 88:3 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave.
  • Ps 9:13 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death:
  • Isa 38:10 : 10 I said in the prime of my days, I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
  • Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain; 20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones, that were not seen, stick out. 22 Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
  • Job 38:17 : 17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

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  • Job 33:20-22
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    20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

    21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones, that were not seen, stick out.

    22 Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

    6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

  • 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • 19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.

  • 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.

  • 30 They were not estranged from their desire. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

  • 19 to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

  • 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.

  • 21 And they shall pass through it, hard-pressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

  • 25 Another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.

  • 17 That they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and waste away for their iniquity.

  • Ps 107:26-28
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    26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

    27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

    28 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

  • Job 30:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former times desolate and waste.

    4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

  • 7 The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Ps 107:9-13
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    9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

    10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

    11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High:

    12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.

    13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

  • 11 They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.

  • 24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh is lean of fatness.

  • 4 Who sit among the graves, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

  • 15 And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.

  • 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the corpses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

  • 2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

  • 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

  • 28 They joined themselves also to Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

  • 33 And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • 35 And ate up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

  • 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out, and said, O you man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it.

  • 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider, for I have become vile.

  • 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

  • 9 Those slain by the sword are better than those who die by hunger; for these waste away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

  • 14 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

  • 14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him.

  • 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

  • 19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders have died in the city, while they sought food to relieve their souls.

  • 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • 15 Let them wander up and down for food, and grumble if they are not satisfied.

  • 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they gather themselves for grain and wine, and they rebel against me.

  • 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him; their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all who eat thereof shall be polluted, for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

  • 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

  • 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

  • 5 The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.