Isaiah 38:16

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Isaiah 38:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

15 What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

16 O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 64:5

You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Job 33:19

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Job 33:20

so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

Job 33:21

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

Job 33:22

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Job 33:23

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

Job 33:24

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

Job 33:25

then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

Job 33:26

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Job 33:27

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalms 71:20

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Matthew 4:4

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

Hebrews 12:10

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Hebrews 12:11

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.