Psalm 102:3-5

For my days disappear like smoke,

    and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

My heart is sick, withered like grass,

    and I have lost my appetite.

Because of my groaning,

    I am reduced to skin and bones.

 

For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

Psalm 37:20 

But the wicked will die.

    The LORD's enemies are like flowers in a field--

    they will disappear like smoke.  (see all Psalm 37)

James 4:14  How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone.  

(see all chapter 4)

Lamentations 1:13  

"He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones.

    He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back.

He has left me devastated,

    racked with sickness all day long."  (see all chapter 1)

Job 30:30  

"My skin has turned dark,

    and my bones burn with fever."  (see all chapter 30)

My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite. 

Psalm 37:2  

For like grass, they soon fade away.

    Like spring flowers, they soon wither.  (see all Psalm 37)

Psalm 90:5-6  

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

In the morning it blooms and flourishes,

    but by evening it is dry and withered.  (see all Psalm 90)

Job 30:20 
"They lose their appetite

    for even the most delicious food."  (see verses 19-22)

Job 6:7  

"My appetite disappears when I look at it;

    I gag at the thought of eating it!"  (see verse 7)

Psalm 107:18  

They couldn't stand the thought of food,

    and they were knocking on death's door.  (see verses 17-22)

Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones. 

Job 3:24  

"I cannot eat for sighing;

    my groans pour out like water."  (see all chapter 3)

Lamentations 1:22  

"Look at all their evil deeds, LORD.

    Punish them,

as you have punished me

    for all my sins.

My groans are many,

    and I am sick at heart."  (see all chapter 1)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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