Job 6:7

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Cross-reference

Psalm 102:9 Parallel

Psalm 102:9 describes eating ashes like bread, a strong parallel to Job's loathsome food as a sign of mourning.

Proverbs 27:7 states the full loathe honey—Job's soul refuses food, illustrating that same principle of aversion.

Psalm 80:5 Parallel

Psalm 80:5 uses 'bread of tears' as suffering's food, paralleling Job's metaphor of loathsome food for misery.

1 Kings 22:27 mentions 'bread of affliction,' paralleling Job's sorrowful meat as food associated with suffering.

Ezekiel 4:14 also refuses loathsome food, but for ritual purity—both express aversion to unclean eating.

Ezekiel 4:16 describes eating bread with anxiety during siege, mirroring Job's distressed refusal of food.

Ezekiel 12:18 has eating with trembling, similar to Job's loathing of food as a sign of suffering.

Ezekiel 12:19 expands on eating bread with anxiety due to desolation, paralleling Job's disgust in affliction.

Daniel 10:3 Contrast

Daniel 10:3 shows voluntary abstinence in mourning, while Job involuntarily loathes food—both avoid normal eating in distress.