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In bitterness of soul

Ruth 1:20
But she replied to them, "Don't call me 'Naomi'! Call me 'Mara' because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.
2 Samuel 17:8
Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men -- they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
Job 7:11
"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9:18
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
Job 10:1
"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Isaiah 38:15
What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
Isaiah 54:6
"Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected," says your God.
Lamentations 3:15
He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.

Prayed

Psalm 50:15
Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"
Psalm 91:15
When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
Luke 22:44
And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
Hebrews 5:7
During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

Wept sore

Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
Judges 21:2
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
2 Samuel 13:36
Just as he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well.
2 Kings 20:3
"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile."
Jeremiah 22:10
"'Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again.

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