20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Job 16:20
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Job 12:3–5
3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock. 5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fat…
Psalms 6:6–8
6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Job 19:18–20
18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me. 19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me. 20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Lamentations 3:13–15
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. 14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. 15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Psalms 69:2–4
2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. 3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of m…
Lamentations 3:47–49
47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction. 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
Psalms 42:2–4
2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? 3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the mu…
Lamentations 1:20–22
20 See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death. 21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have… 22 …
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