Exodus 5:22
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22 Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?
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Jeremiah 20:7
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7 O Lord, (A)you have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
(B)you are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
(C)I have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.
Habakkuk 2:3
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3 For still (A)the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (B)wait for it;
(C)it will surely come; it will not delay.
Psalm 73:25
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25 (A)Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
1 Kings 19:10
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10 He said, “I have been very (A)jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, (B)thrown down your altars, and (C)killed your prophets with the sword, (D)and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. (A)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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1 Samuel 30:6
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6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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- 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2
Numbers 11:14-15
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14 (A)I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
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Numbers 11:11
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11 (A)Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
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Exodus 17:4
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4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready (A)to stone me.”
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
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