Quotes about Frustration
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
— Proverbs 27:3
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
— Proverbs 27:16
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
— Ecclesiastes 2:18
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 2:20
We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
— Isaiah 26:18
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
— Isaiah 28:20
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
— Isaiah 59:11
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
— Ezekiel 24:12
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
— Jonah 4:1
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
— Jonah 4:4
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
— Jonah 4:9
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
— Haggai 1:6