Dictionary of Bible Themes Sorrow or despondency aroused by one's own suffering or misfortune. It can result from personal loss or suffering, hardship in God's service or the judgment of God. Its cure is to remember the goodness of God. Exodus 16:3Examples of self-pity as a result of personal loss or suffering See also The Israelites in the wilderness Exodus 14:10-12; 17:3Numbers 11:4-6; 14:1-4 Deuteronomy 1:26-28 1 Corinthians 10:10-11 Job 6:1-13; 10:1 See also Job Job 3:1-26; 12:1-6; 16:6-17:2; 30:9-31Genesis 27:34,38 2 Samuel 15:30 Other examples 2 Kings 20:2-3Psalms 10:1; 73:2-3,13-14; 74:1 pp Isa 38:2-3 Numbers 11:11-15Examples of self-pity as a result of hardship in the service of God See also Moses Exodus 5:22-23; 17:41 Kings 19:4 See also Elijah 1 Kings 19:10,14Jeremiah 15:10 See also Jeremiah Jeremiah 15:18; 20:7-10,14-18Jeremiah 45:3 See also Other examples Jonah 4:1-5Psalms 137:1-9 Examples of self-pity as a result of God's judgment Lamentations 3:1-18Revelation 18:9-19 The kings, merchants and sailors will be full of self-pity when they see the destruction of Babylon, because their opportunities for making wealth will be gone. Job 19:21People calling upon others to pity them See also Mark 9:22Luke 17:13 Psalms 43:5; 73:16-17 Turning to God puts self-pity in its true perspective See also Psalms 3:1-4; 13:1-6; 37:1-7; 73:23-28; 106:7Lamentations 3:19-26,31-33 2 Corinthians 1:5; 6:3-10 James 1:2-3 1 Peter 4:13 See also 1050 God, goodness of5266 conscription 5560 suffering 5848 exaggeration 5952 sorrow 5970 unhappiness 8821 self-indulgence |
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