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 [O Lord].
Psalm 40:9
I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.
1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was
Job 10:1
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 21:25
Whereas another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
Isaiah 38:15
“What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Genesis 42:21
And they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty regarding our brother [Joseph], because we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us [to let him go], yet we would not listen [to his cry]; so this distress and anguish has come on us.”
2 Kings 4:27-28
When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is desperate and troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.”
Job 6:26
“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?
Job 10:15
‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.
Job 13:13
“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
Job 16:6
“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;
And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?
Job 21:3-4
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
Psalm 39:3
My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
Isaiah 38:17
“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Matthew 26:37-38
And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.
Luke 22:44
And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His
2 Corinthians 2:4
For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I will not
The bitterness
Bible References
I will not
“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;
And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],
As You know, O Lord.
The anguish
The bitterness
‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.
Whereas another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
“What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.