Job 21:25
Yet another dies with a bitter inner self and has not tasted prosperity.
Job 7:11
"Even I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in my spirit's anguish; I will complain in my inner self's bitterness.
2 Samuel 17:8
Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty warriors and they {are enraged} as a bear robbed of [her] offspring in the field. Your father [is] a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops.
1 Kings 17:12
She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."
Job 3:20
"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,
Job 9:18
He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.
Job 10:1
"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.
Job 20:23
{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!
Isaiah 38:15-17
What can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done [it]. I will walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
And he said to me, "Son of man, look, I [am] going to break the {supply} of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, {anxiously}, and {rationed water}, and they will drink with horror,
Ezekiel 12:18
"Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.