Ecclesiastes 5:17
"All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness."
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- Psalms 127:2
"It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 4:16
"Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:"
Read in chapter → - Job 21:25
"And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 16:10
"Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 11:30
"For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 3:17
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;"
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 5:27
"The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 78:33
"Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 1:6
"And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:27
"When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you."
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