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Changing the Planet one Man
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Biblical References to Bitterness
Genesis
26:35
and they made life bitter for
Isaac and
Rebekah.
Genesis
27:34
As soon as Esau heard the words of his
father, he cried
out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said
to his father,
"Bless me, even me also, O my father!"
Genesis
49:23
The archers bitterly attacked
him,shot at him,
and harassed him severely,
Exodus
1:14
and made their lives bitter with
hard service, in
mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In
all their work
they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
Exodus
12:8
They shall eat the flesh that night,
roasted on the fire;
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat
it.
Exodus
15:22
[ Bitter Water Made
Sweet ] Then Moses
made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the
wilderness of
Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no
water.
Exodus
15:23
When they came to Marah, they could
not drink the water
of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was
named Marah.
Numbers
5:18
And the priest shall set the woman
before the LORD and
unbind the hair of the woman's head and place in her hands
the grain offering
of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And
in his hand the
priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings
the
curse.
Numbers
5:19
Then the priest shall make her take an
oath, saying, 'If
no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside
to uncleanness
while you were under your husband's authority, be free from
this water of
bitterness that brings the curse.
Numbers
5:23
"Then the priest shall write these
curses in a book and
wash them off into the water of bitterness.
Numbers
5:24
And he shall make the woman drink the
water of
bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that
brings the curse
shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.
Numbers
5:27
And when he has made her drink the
water, then, if she
has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband,
the water that
brings the curse shall enter into her and cause
bitter pain, and her
womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the
woman shall become a
curse among her people.
Numbers
9:11
In the second month on the fourteenth
day at twilight
they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread
and bitter
herbs.
Deuterono
my
29:18
Beware lest there be among you a man
or woman or clan or
tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our
God to go and serve
the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a
root bearing
poisonous and bitter fruit,
Deuterono
my
32:32
For their vine comes from the vine of
Sodomand from the
fields of Gomorrah;their grapes are grapes of poison;their
clusters are
bitter;
Judges
21:2
And the people came to Bethel and sat
there till evening
before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept
bitterly.
Ruth
1:13
would you therefore wait till they were
grown? Would you
therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is
exceedingly
bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD
has gone out
against me."
Ruth
1:20
She said to them, "Do not call me
Naomi; call me Mara,
for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me.
1
Samuel 1:10
She was deeply distressed and
prayed to the LORD
and wept bitterly.
1
Samuel 15:32
Then Samuel said, "Bring here
to me Agag the king
of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag
said, "Surely the
bitterness of death is past."
1
Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in
distress, and everyone who
was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul,
gathered to him. And
he became captain over them. And there were with him about
four hundred
men.
1
Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly
distressed, for the people
spoke of stoning him, because all the people were
bitter in soul, each
for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself
in the LORD his
God.
2
Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab,
"Shall the sword devour
forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter?
How long will it
be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of
their
brothers?"
2
Samuel 13:36
And as soon as he had finished
speaking, behold,
the king's sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And
the king also and
all his servants wept very bitterly.
2
Kings 4:27
And when she came to the mountain
to the man of
God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push
her away. But the
man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in
bitter distress, and
the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told
me."
2
Kings 14:26
For the LORD saw that the
affliction of Israel was
very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free,
and there was none
to help Israel.
2
Kings 20:3
"Now, O LORD, please remember how
I have walked
before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have
done what is good
in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Ezra
10:1
[ The People Confess Their Sin ]
While Ezra prayed
and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before
the house of God,
a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered
to him out of
Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
Esther
4:1
[ Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
] When Mordecai
learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes
and put on sackcloth
and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he
cried out with a
loud and bitter cry.
Job
3:20
"Why is light given to him who is in
misery,and life to
the bitter in soul,
Job
7:11
"Therefore I will not restrain my
mouth;I will speak in
the anguish of my spirit;I will complain in the
bitterness of my
soul.
Job
9:18
he will not let me get my breath,but
fills me with
bitterness.
Job
10:1
[ Job Continues: A Plea to God ]
"I loathe my
life;I will give free utterance to my complaint;I will speak
in the
bitterness of my soul.
Job
13:26
For you write bitter things
against meand make me
inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job
21:25
Another dies in bitterness of
soul,never having
tasted of prosperity.
Job
23:2
"Today also my complaint is
bitter; my hand is
heavy on account of my groaning.
Job
27:2
"As God lives, who has taken away my
right,and the
Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
Psalm
64:3
who whet their tongues like swords,who
aim bitter
words like arrows,
Psalm
106:33
for they made his spirit
bitter, and he spoke
rashly with his lips.
Proverbs
5:4
but in the end she is bitter as
wormwood,sharp as a
two-edged sword.
Proverbs
14:10
The heart knows its own
bitterness,and no
stranger shares its joy.
Proverbs
17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his
fatherand
bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs
27:7
One who is full loathes honey,but to
one who is hungry
everything bitter is sweet.
Proverbs
31:6
Give strong drink to the one who is
perishing,and wine to
those in bitter distress;
Ecclesias
tes
7:26
And I find something more bitter
than death: the
woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are
fetters. He who
pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by
her.
Isaiah
5:20
Woe to those who call evil goodand good
evil,who put
darkness for lightand light for darkness,who put
bitter for sweetand
sweet for bitter!
Isaiah
22:4
Therefore I said:"Look away from me;let
me weep
bitter tears;do not labor to comfort meconcerning the
destruction of
the daughter of my people."
Isaiah
24:9
No more do they drink wine with
singing;strong drink is
bitter to those who drink it.
Isaiah
33:7
Behold, their heroes cry in the
streets;the envoys of
peace weep bitterly.
Isaiah
38:3
and said, "Please, O LORD, remember how
I have walked
before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have
done what is good
in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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