5839 dissatisfaction
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The human feeling of emptiness and unfulfilment, at either a physical or spiritual level.

Hunger and thirst are never permanently satisfied

Ecclesiastes 6:7 See also Psalm 59:15; Isaiah 55:2; John 4:13-14

Dissatisfaction as a result of divine judgment

Leviticus 26:26 See also Isaiah 9:19-21; Ezekiel 7:19; Micah 6:14

Death is never satisfied

Proverbs 27:20 See also Proverbs 30:15-16; Habakkuk 2:5

Dissatisfaction is characteristic of the unrighteous

Proverbs 13:4 See also Esther 5:9-13; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Ezekiel 16:28-29; 3Jn 9-10

See also

4822  famine
5341  hunger
5580  thirst
5835  disappointment
5853  experience of life
5869  greed
5939  satisfaction
5970  unhappiness
9020  death



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