Job 21:25

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

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His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat],
And the marrow of his bones is moist,
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Whereas another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
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“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.

Bitterness of Soul

Job

Job 7:11

“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 [O Lord].

2 Samuel 17:8

And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are brave men, and they are enraged and fierce, like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. Your father is a [shrewd] man of war, and will not spend the night with the people [knowing that you seek his life].

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gathering a few sticks so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it [as our last meal] and die.”

Job 3:20

“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,

Job 9:18

“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.

Job 10:1

“I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 20:23

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the power or capacity to enjoy them [all those things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] enjoys them. This is vanity and it is a [cause of] great distress.

Isaiah 38:15-17

“What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

Ezekiel 4:16-17

Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the staff of bread [that supports life] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread [rationed] by weight and [eat it] with anxiety and fear, and drink water by measure and [drink it] in horror [of the impending starvation],

Ezekiel 12:18

“Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.