Job 3:22

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who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

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  • Job 3:20-21
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    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

  • Job 3:23
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    23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

  • Eccl 4:2
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    2So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

  • Job 14:13-14
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    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

    14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

    33The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Job 21:25-26
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    25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

    26Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

  • Job 21:13
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    13They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

  • Job 17:16
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    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Job 17:13
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    13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

  • Job 33:22
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    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

  • Job 23:3
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    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

  • Job 8:19
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    19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

  • Job 21:21
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    21For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

  • Prov 2:14
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    14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

  • Job 3:17
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    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • Job 22:19
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    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

  • Job 38:17
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    17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

  • Job 5:27
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    27Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

  • Job 30:24
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    24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • Job 20:5
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    5that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15Enjoy Life In Spite of Its Injustices So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

  • Ps 73:4
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    4For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed.

  • Ps 141:7
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    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Eccl 2:1
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    1Futility of Self-Indulgent Pleasure I thought to myself,“Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

  • Job 17:1
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    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

  • Job 21:23
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    23Death Levels Everything“One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous,

  • Job 12:22
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    22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

  • Job 8:21
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    21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

  • Ps 119:162
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    162I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

  • Rev 9:6
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    6In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

  • Eccl 6:3
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    3Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!”

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.