Job 33:20

¹⁸ to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹ A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

²¹ His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

²² He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
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