Job 7:11

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Job 7:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

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.

12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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Job 6:26

Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

Job 10:1

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Job 13:13

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Job 16:6

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Job 21:3

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

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My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

Psalms 40:9

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

Genesis 42:21

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2 Kings 4:27

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

2 Kings 4:28

Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”

Matthew 26:37

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Matthew 26:38

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Luke 22:44

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

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If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

Isaiah 38:15

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.

Isaiah 38:17

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.